Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Pringle borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,236

Household (median)                                               23,345

Family (median)                                                  27,417

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,713

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,881





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            86.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 16

  Elementary or High School                                         177

  College                                                            63



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.4

  High school grad (%)                                             68.6

  College grad (%)                                                 13.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    537

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.3

  Mean Income                                                    15,574

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.5

  Mean Income                                                    25,056

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.2

  Mean Income                                                    45,947

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    260

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     91

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.8

  Service (%)                                                      11.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.2

  Labor (%)                                                        23.8





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