Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: East Lackawannock township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,482

Household (median)                                               29,194

Family (median)                                                  32,240

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,102

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,076





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            38.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         237

  College                                                            76



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.9

  High school grad (%)                                             79.1

  College grad (%)                                                 19.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    728

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.1

  Mean Income                                                    20,651

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.8

  Mean Income                                                    25,966

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.1

  Mean Income                                                    39,735

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    290

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    113

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.4

  Service (%)                                                      16.3

  Farming (%)                                                       4.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.0

  Labor (%)                                                        19.8





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