Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: North Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,800

Household (median)                                               24,265

Family (median)                                                  29,844

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,609

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,599





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            45.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         235

  College                                                            37



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.0

  High school grad (%)                                             68.0

  College grad (%)                                                 11.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    477

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           35.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.7

  Mean Income                                                    14,274

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,910

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.5

  Mean Income                                                    42,629

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    211

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     89

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           15.1

  Service (%)                                                      10.1

  Farming (%)                                                       2.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.1

  Labor (%)                                                        35.6





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