Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Potter

Municipality: Abbott township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,851

Household (median)                                               21,250

Family (median)                                                  31,607

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,909

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                48.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            35.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                          10

  College                                                             2



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.8

  High school grad (%)                                             69.2

  College grad (%)                                                 13.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     42

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.1

  Mean Income                                                     6,800

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.2

  Mean Income                                                    31,575

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.7

  Mean Income                                                    41,336

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     19

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                      9

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.6

  Service (%)                                                       0.0

  Farming (%)                                                       7.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             23.8

  Labor (%)                                                        14.3





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