Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Susquehanna
Municipality: Dimock township
INCOME
Per Capita 10,431
Household (median) 24,625
Family (median) 27,135
Married couple families (mean) 32,848
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 13,651
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 12.7
Families w/children in poverty (%) 80.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 25.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 16.6
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 10.2
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 41.2
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 25.3
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 28
Elementary or High School 217
College 39
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 23.3
High school grad (%) 76.7
College grad (%) 17.1
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 523
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 26.6
Employed in service industry (%) 22.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 5.6
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 8.5
Mean Income 13,979
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 40.0
Mean Income 31,112
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 51.5
Mean Income 33,727
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 236
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.5
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 98
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.3
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 13.2
Sales and suppport (%) 17.8
Service (%) 11.3
Farming (%) 14.0
Craft and Repair (%) 18.7
Labor (%) 25.0
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