Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Turbot township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,374

Household (median)                                               27,295

Family (median)                                                  30,144

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,930

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,238





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                91.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            82.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.1

  Black                                                            35.7

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            58.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 25

  Elementary or High School                                         270

  College                                                            44



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.8

  High school grad (%)                                             75.2

  College grad (%)                                                 18.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    781

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.4

  Mean Income                                                    19,100

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.6

  Mean Income                                                    24,415

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.0

  Mean Income                                                    48,964

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    362

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    154

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.9

  Service (%)                                                      13.2

  Farming (%)                                                       7.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.3

  Labor (%)                                                        27.0





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