Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Norwegian township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,241

Household (median)                                               28,674

Family (median)                                                  34,583

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,077

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,100





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            26.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            53.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 25

  Elementary or High School                                         307

  College                                                            97



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.4

  High school grad (%)                                             71.6

  College grad (%)                                                 14.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    930

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,164

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,619

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.4

  Mean Income                                                    45,324

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    433

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    166

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.3

  Service (%)                                                      11.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.8

  Labor (%)                                                        22.4





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