Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Minersville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,852

Household (median)                                               20,095

Family (median)                                                  27,049

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,833

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,142





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            75.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            78.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 72

  Elementary or High School                                         647

  College                                                           225



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.8

  High school grad (%)                                             63.2

  College grad (%)                                                 11.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,995

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.1

  Mean Income                                                    12,574

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.8

  Mean Income                                                    31,727

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            44.1

  Mean Income                                                    45,219

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    894

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    340

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.1

  Service (%)                                                       6.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.5

  Labor (%)                                                        28.2





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