Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: East Chillisquaque township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,415

Household (median)                                               28,482

Family (median)                                                  31,875

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,331

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,557





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                26.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            53.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                          82

  College                                                            14



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.3

  High school grad (%)                                             76.7

  College grad (%)                                                 16.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    326

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.2

  Mean Income                                                    15,939

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.0

  Mean Income                                                    26,434

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.7

  Mean Income                                                    45,500

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    157

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     67

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.2

  Service (%)                                                      17.2

  Farming (%)                                                       5.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.8

  Labor (%)                                                        23.6





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