Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Rice township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,205

Household (median)                                               30,560

Family (median)                                                  33,015

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,131

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,583





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                92.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            39.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.7

  Black                                                            55.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            56.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 27

  Elementary or High School                                         383

  College                                                            81



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.5

  High school grad (%)                                             79.5

  College grad (%)                                                 23.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    901

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,619

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.4

  Mean Income                                                    24,714

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.1

  Mean Income                                                    48,783

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    414

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    192

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.7

  Service (%)                                                      10.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        19.6





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