Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Schuylkill
Municipality: Tamaqua borough
INCOME
Per Capita 10,030
Household (median) 19,589
Family (median) 26,580
Married couple families (mean) 32,218
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 12,441
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 11.0
Families w/children in poverty (%) 79.1
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 48.1
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 15.2
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 16.9
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 86.5
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 21.4
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 138
Elementary or High School 1,137
College 275
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 32.6
High school grad (%) 67.4
College grad (%) 11.1
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 3,029
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 35.7
Employed in service industry (%) 22.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 8.7
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 19.9
Mean Income 16,073
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 30.3
Mean Income 24,705
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 49.9
Mean Income 38,394
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 1,467
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.5
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 564
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.1
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 12.3
Sales and suppport (%) 23.4
Service (%) 14.1
Farming (%) 1.2
Craft and Repair (%) 16.1
Labor (%) 32.9
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