Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Delano township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,527

Household (median)                                               19,345

Family (median)                                                  22,543

  Married couple families (mean)                                 23,603

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,300





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            56.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                          77

  College                                                            15



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              45.3

  High school grad (%)                                             54.7

  College grad (%)                                                  4.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    226

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           46.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 14.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.0

  Mean Income                                                    16,239

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.3

  Mean Income                                                    19,288

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            39.7

  Mean Income                                                    30,241

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    100

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     38

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.0

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.4

  Labor (%)                                                        40.3





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