Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Plymouth borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,570

Household (median)                                               18,457

Family (median)                                                  24,630

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,789

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,982





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            56.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                139

  Elementary or High School                                         987

  College                                                           322



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.5

  High school grad (%)                                             64.5

  College grad (%)                                                 10.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,883

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.6

  Mean Income                                                    15,544

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.3

  Mean Income                                                    21,410

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.1

  Mean Income                                                    36,369

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,525

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    576

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.8

  Service (%)                                                      14.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.6

  Labor (%)                                                        23.2





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