Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Kulpmont borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,806

Household (median)                                               19,907

Family (median)                                                  23,720

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,973

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,659





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            37.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            51.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 32.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 27

  Elementary or High School                                         412

  College                                                           143



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              38.7

  High school grad (%)                                             61.3

  College grad (%)                                                 10.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,252

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                23.2

  Mean Income                                                    16,615

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.1

  Mean Income                                                    25,659

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.6

  Mean Income                                                    34,991

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    587

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    154

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.6

  Service (%)                                                      18.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.3

  Labor (%)                                                        27.0





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