Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Pike

Municipality: Blooming Grove township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,341

Household (median)                                               31,506

Family (median)                                                  35,515

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,484

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,180





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                40.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            41.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 28

  Elementary or High School                                         294

  College                                                            39



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              14.4

  High school grad (%)                                             85.6

  College grad (%)                                                 23.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    816

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.2

  Mean Income                                                    27,842

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.2

  Mean Income                                                    42,201

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.6

  Mean Income                                                    52,376

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    370

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    118

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.9

  Service (%)                                                      13.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.8

  Labor (%)                                                        15.2





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