Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Northumberland
Municipality: Coal township
INCOME
Per Capita 9,563
Household (median) 18,917
Family (median) 24,064
Married couple families (mean) 29,625
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 15,477
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 8.1
Families w/children in poverty (%) 57.6
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 50.4
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 13.1
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 17.2
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 72.0
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 15.2
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 93
Elementary or High School 1,300
College 324
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 39.1
High school grad (%) 60.9
College grad (%) 9.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 3,835
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 21.9
Employed in service industry (%) 27.8
Unemployment rate - 1989 9.8
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 20.2
Mean Income 16,396
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 32.9
Mean Income 21,767
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 46.9
Mean Income 36,476
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 1,894
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.9
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 802
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.3
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 15.4
Sales and suppport (%) 28.1
Service (%) 15.0
Farming (%) 1.7
Craft and Repair (%) 13.9
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