Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Slocum township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,440

Household (median)                                               27,426

Family (median)                                                  30,550

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,463

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,824





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 22

  Elementary or High School                                         230

  College                                                            45



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.8

  High school grad (%)                                             66.2

  College grad (%)                                                 15.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    528

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.5

  Mean Income                                                    14,681

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.4

  Mean Income                                                    26,900

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.1

  Mean Income                                                    42,623

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    237

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    102

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.7

  Service (%)                                                      13.1

  Farming (%)                                                       3.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.1

  Labor (%)                                                        29.9





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