Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: East Norwegian township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,369

Household (median)                                               23,393

Family (median)                                                  31,328

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,805

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,892





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.0

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                         166

  College                                                            15



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.4

  High school grad (%)                                             63.6

  College grad (%)                                                  7.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    416

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.6

  Mean Income                                                    16,355

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.0

  Mean Income                                                    35,052

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.5

  Mean Income                                                    41,600

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    201

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     76

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.4

  Service (%)                                                       6.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.7

  Labor (%)                                                        34.6





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