Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Shickshinny borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,253

Household (median)                                               17,614

Family (median)                                                  23,333

  Married couple families (mean)                                 47,071

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,493





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.3

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            88.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 26.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         163

  College                                                            38



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              39.8

  High school grad (%)                                             60.2

  College grad (%)                                                 10.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    409

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           35.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.2

  Mean Income                                                    13,758

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.9

  Mean Income                                                    24,397

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            44.9

  Mean Income                                                    64,871

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    172

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     69

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.2

  Labor (%)                                                        37.2





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