Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Little Mahanoy township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,747

Household (median)                                               17,404

Family (median)                                                  25,625

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,331

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,522





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            13.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                21.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            84.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 29.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  3

  Elementary or High School                                         104

  College                                                             8



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              39.1

  High school grad (%)                                             60.9

  College grad (%)                                                  5.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    181

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 14.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.0

  Mean Income                                                    14,044

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                40.7

  Mean Income                                                    20,062

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.3

  Mean Income                                                    35,465

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     75

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     24

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    6.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           16.6

  Service (%)                                                       5.5

  Farming (%)                                                       8.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             23.8

  Labor (%)                                                        39.8





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