Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Ralpho township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,726

Household (median)                                               29,053

Family (median)                                                  33,969

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,593

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,215





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            55.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 83

  Elementary or High School                                         568

  College                                                           110



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.5

  High school grad (%)                                             75.5

  College grad (%)                                                 23.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,566

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.9

  Mean Income                                                    20,520

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.2

  Mean Income                                                    37,601

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.9

  Mean Income                                                    49,908

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    735

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    281

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   30.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.8

  Service (%)                                                       6.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.6

  Labor (%)                                                        16.0





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