Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: Shamokin Dam borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,158

Household (median)                                               27,356

Family (median)                                                  34,821

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,887

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,654





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                58.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            93.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 35

  Elementary or High School                                         224

  College                                                            57



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.1

  High school grad (%)                                             77.9

  College grad (%)                                                 21.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    773

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.8

  Mean Income                                                    25,805

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.0

  Mean Income                                                    27,624

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.3

  Mean Income                                                    45,570

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    390

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    130

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.0

  Service (%)                                                      17.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.4

  Labor (%)                                                        18.8





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