Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Rockefeller township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,371

Household (median)                                               30,707

Family (median)                                                  32,250

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,885

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,285





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                55.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            68.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            21.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 22

  Elementary or High School                                         364

  College                                                            47



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.3

  High school grad (%)                                             73.7

  College grad (%)                                                 10.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,010

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.9

  Mean Income                                                    21,424

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.3

  Mean Income                                                    30,132

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.8

  Mean Income                                                    42,981

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    431

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    187

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.5

  Service (%)                                                      13.1

  Farming (%)                                                       5.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.0

  Labor (%)                                                        29.8





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