Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Sullivan

Municipality: Forksville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,317

Household (median)                                               18,500

Family (median)                                                  23,125

  Married couple families (mean)                                 21,969

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,000





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            17.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            25.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                29.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          17

  College                                                             5



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.5

  High school grad (%)                                             77.5

  College grad (%)                                                 28.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     64

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.6

  Mean Income                                                    10,085

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.1

  Mean Income                                                    21,796

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.3

  Mean Income                                                    25,448

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     27

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     17

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.6

  Service (%)                                                       7.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             29.7

  Labor (%)                                                        17.2





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