Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,361

Household (median)                                               25,938

Family (median)                                                  29,896

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,169

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,618





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                58.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            21.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            59.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 22

  Elementary or High School                                         259

  College                                                            30



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.6

  High school grad (%)                                             78.4

  College grad (%)                                                 15.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    593

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.4

  Mean Income                                                    16,403

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.5

  Mean Income                                                    29,062

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.1

  Mean Income                                                    37,800

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    282

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    131

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           15.2

  Service (%)                                                      10.3

  Farming (%)                                                       4.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.0

  Labor (%)                                                        33.1





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