Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Sullivan

Municipality: Laporte borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,329

Household (median)                                               31,875

Family (median)                                                  38,056

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,001

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          29,323





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          44

  College                                                             0



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              44.2

  High school grad (%)                                             55.8

  College grad (%)                                                 21.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     94

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            5.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 58.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.3

  Mean Income                                                    29,088

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,413

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.3

  Mean Income                                                    52,342

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     55

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     29

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   41.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.4

  Service (%)                                                      22.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.4

  Labor (%)                                                         5.3





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