Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: East Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,499

Household (median)                                               22,014

Family (median)                                                  26,625

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,377

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,184





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                17.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            72.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         183

  College                                                            39



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.0

  High school grad (%)                                             71.0

  College grad (%)                                                  8.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    574

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.8

  Mean Income                                                    14,079

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,254

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.4

  Mean Income                                                    39,903

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    258

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     95

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.5

  Labor (%)                                                        36.8





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