Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Shamokin township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,379

Household (median)                                               26,850

Family (median)                                                  33,145

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,482

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,746





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       66.7

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            78.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 33

  Elementary or High School                                         322

  College                                                            69



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.5

  High school grad (%)                                             70.5

  College grad (%)                                                 13.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    758

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.7

  Mean Income                                                    19,377

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.5

  Mean Income                                                    27,893

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.8

  Mean Income                                                    43,159

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    327

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    142

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.9

  Service (%)                                                      10.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.9

  Labor (%)                                                        27.4





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