Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,781

Household (median)                                               27,188

Family (median)                                                  30,388

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,876

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,877





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                46.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.0

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 21

  Elementary or High School                                         344

  College                                                            96



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.6

  High school grad (%)                                             72.4

  College grad (%)                                                 17.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    877

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.3

  Mean Income                                                    15,935

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.2

  Mean Income                                                    28,908

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.5

  Mean Income                                                    40,150

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    401

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    152

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.4

  Labor (%)                                                        26.1





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