Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Mount Carmel township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,437

Household (median)                                               20,233

Family (median)                                                  25,027

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,942

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,411





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                55.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.2

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            52.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 29

  Elementary or High School                                         447

  College                                                           100



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.8

  High school grad (%)                                             65.2

  College grad (%)                                                 11.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    950

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,394

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.4

  Mean Income                                                    20,758

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.8

  Mean Income                                                    37,781

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    466

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    219

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.5

  Service (%)                                                      12.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.0

  Labor (%)                                                        30.0





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