Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Jackson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,286

Household (median)                                               27,548

Family (median)                                                  29,432

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,287

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,346





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  3

  Elementary or High School                                         122

  College                                                            27



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.5

  High school grad (%)                                             68.5

  College grad (%)                                                  9.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    429

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,205

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                17.6

  Mean Income                                                    20,257

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.6

  Mean Income                                                    41,113

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    189

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     61

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.9

  Service (%)                                                       9.8

  Farming (%)                                                       6.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.1

  Labor (%)                                                        31.5





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