Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: East Cameron township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,928

Household (median)                                               23,068

Family (median)                                                  27,396

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,682

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,250





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            36.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.2

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                         111

  College                                                            13



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.6

  High school grad (%)                                             64.4

  College grad (%)                                                  6.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    276

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         13.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.6

  Mean Income                                                    14,515

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,600

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.7

  Mean Income                                                    35,760

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    142

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   14.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     55

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           16.7

  Service (%)                                                      16.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.9

  Labor (%)                                                        31.9





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