Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Sullivan

Municipality: Laporte township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,434

Household (median)                                               29,167

Family (median)                                                  30,938

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,051

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                21.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            44.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  4

  Elementary or High School                                          46

  College                                                            11



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.8

  High school grad (%)                                             77.2

  College grad (%)                                                 24.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     88

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 42.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.9

  Mean Income                                                    16,246

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                40.5

  Mean Income                                                    25,321

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            44.6

  Mean Income                                                    40,690

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     28

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     17

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           17.0

  Service (%)                                                      13.6

  Farming (%)                                                       9.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.2

  Labor (%)                                                        21.6





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