Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Northumberland
Municipality: Sunbury city
INCOME
Per Capita 9,677
Household (median) 17,835
Family (median) 24,670
Married couple families (mean) 31,887
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 11,132
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 13.8
Families w/children in poverty (%) 77.4
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 54.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 16.5
Black 19.3
Other race 37.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 15.1
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 68.8
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 21.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 167
Elementary or High School 1,722
College 268
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 31.7
High school grad (%) 68.3
College grad (%) 8.8
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 4,873
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 26.7
Employed in service industry (%) 26.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 7.6
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 14.7
Mean Income 16,486
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 31.4
Mean Income 21,403
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 53.9
Mean Income 35,199
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 2,438
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 996
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.2
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 13.2
Sales and suppport (%) 26.7
Service (%) 19.7
Farming (%) 0.2
Craft and Repair (%) 10.0
Labor (%) 30.3
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