Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: New Ringgold borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,628

Household (median)                                               24,231

Family (median)                                                  24,861

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,339

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,629





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                          45

  College                                                             5



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.4

  High school grad (%)                                             71.6

  College grad (%)                                                  8.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    162

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,256

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.7

  Mean Income                                                    18,760

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.5

  Mean Income                                                    37,780

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     74

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     30

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    5.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           15.4

  Service (%)                                                      13.0

  Farming (%)                                                       2.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.9

  Labor (%)                                                        45.7





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