Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Mahanoy City borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,863

Household (median)                                               14,868

Family (median)                                                  21,927

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,258

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,983





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                79.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            77.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            93.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 28.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 33

  Elementary or High School                                         741

  College                                                           254



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.3

  High school grad (%)                                             68.7

  College grad (%)                                                  9.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,579

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                33.9

  Mean Income                                                    15,233

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.5

  Mean Income                                                    21,058

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            37.6

  Mean Income                                                    37,719

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    769

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    333

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.0

  Labor (%)                                                        32.3





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