Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Plymouth township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,891

Household (median)                                               23,214

Family (median)                                                  27,102

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,515

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,548





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         276

  College                                                           108



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.7

  High school grad (%)                                             69.3

  College grad (%)                                                 15.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    804

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.3

  Mean Income                                                    15,820

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.0

  Mean Income                                                    26,038

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.8

  Mean Income                                                    35,944

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    379

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    145

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.8

  Service (%)                                                      14.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.6

  Labor (%)                                                        23.0





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