Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Port Carbon borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,756

Household (median)                                               24,609

Family (median)                                                  30,800

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,063

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,490





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                53.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            56.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         316

  College                                                            63



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.3

  High school grad (%)                                             71.7

  College grad (%)                                                  8.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    936

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.3

  Mean Income                                                    17,793

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.3

  Mean Income                                                    25,366

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.4

  Mean Income                                                    41,343

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    430

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    147

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.6

  Service (%)                                                      10.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.1

  Labor (%)                                                        30.1





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