Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Upper Augusta township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,757

Household (median)                                               31,517

Family (median)                                                  35,041

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,289

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,919





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.6

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                       50.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 43

  Elementary or High School                                         382

  College                                                           110



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.8

  High school grad (%)                                             82.2

  College grad (%)                                                 17.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,240

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.9

  Mean Income                                                    29,181

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.5

  Mean Income                                                    37,341

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.6

  Mean Income                                                    44,623

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    534

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    197

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.5

  Labor (%)                                                        16.9





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