Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Easton city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,319

Household (median)                                               26,365

Family (median)                                                  31,540

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,140

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,484





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            72.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.3

  Black                                                            21.2

  Other race                                                       36.6

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            67.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                303

  Elementary or High School                                       3,997

  College                                                         2,959



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.4

  High school grad (%)                                             68.6

  College grad (%)                                                 17.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 11,644

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,959

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.6

  Mean Income                                                    28,252

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.9

  Mean Income                                                    42,743

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  5,804

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,934

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.3

  Service (%)                                                      16.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.6

  Labor (%)                                                        21.7





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