Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montour

Municipality: Limestone township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,971

Household (median)                                               25,859

Family (median)                                                  29,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,580

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          29,048





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.8

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                         202

  College                                                             9



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.5

  High school grad (%)                                             65.5

  College grad (%)                                                 11.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    367

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.4

  Mean Income                                                    20,573

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.1

  Mean Income                                                    33,937

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.5

  Mean Income                                                    35,512

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    156

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     87

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.3

  Farming (%)                                                      19.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.1

  Labor (%)                                                        25.9





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