Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Perry

Municipality: Newport borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,293

Household (median)                                               24,049

Family (median)                                                  29,205

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,078

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,774





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            79.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 29

  Elementary or High School                                         243

  College                                                            50



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.3

  High school grad (%)                                             71.7

  College grad (%)                                                 13.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    702

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.1

  Mean Income                                                    18,381

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.9

  Mean Income                                                    21,409

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.0

  Mean Income                                                    40,233

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    334

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    117

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.6

  Service (%)                                                       9.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.7

  Labor (%)                                                        24.8





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