Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Herrick township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,402

Household (median)                                               21,187

Family (median)                                                  26,964

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,540

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,806





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                47.1

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.0

  Black                                                            37.5

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                23.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            36.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                         141

  College                                                            14



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.9

  High school grad (%)                                             78.1

  College grad (%)                                                 24.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    206

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.8

  Mean Income                                                    22,095

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.6

  Mean Income                                                    29,021

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.7

  Mean Income                                                    39,128

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     84

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   15.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     47

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.2

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.4

  Labor (%)                                                        19.9





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