Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Plains township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,602

Household (median)                                               25,344

Family (median)                                                  32,101

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,238

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,506





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            41.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            55.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                112

  Elementary or High School                                       1,461

  College                                                           595



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.9

  High school grad (%)                                             69.1

  College grad (%)                                                 17.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,828

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.1

  Mean Income                                                    15,549

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.4

  Mean Income                                                    30,724

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.5

  Mean Income                                                    45,080

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,401

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    769

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.2

  Service (%)                                                      13.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.7

  Labor (%)                                                        19.0





Source:        Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg

Date Prepared: December, 1996