Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Northumberland borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,792

Household (median)                                               26,100

Family (median)                                                  33,278

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,656

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,681





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            14.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 84

  Elementary or High School                                         546

  College                                                            99



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.9

  High school grad (%)                                             80.1

  College grad (%)                                                 20.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,060

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.6

  Mean Income                                                    25,778

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.3

  Mean Income                                                    26,096

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.1

  Mean Income                                                    41,626

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,009

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    382

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.0

  Service (%)                                                      17.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.9

  Labor (%)                                                        20.0





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