Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Mount Carmel borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,946

Household (median)                                               16,096

Family (median)                                                  21,943

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,680

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,026





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            44.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            68.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 52

  Elementary or High School                                         954

  College                                                           274



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.1

  High school grad (%)                                             62.9

  College grad (%)                                                 10.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,479

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.3

  Mean Income                                                    18,213

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,518

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.9

  Mean Income                                                    35,852

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,183

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    420

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.0

  Service (%)                                                      17.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.9

  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