Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Jessup township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,826

Household (median)                                               23,889

Family (median)                                                  29,583

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,190

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,782





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            55.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            71.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                          88

  College                                                             7



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.1

  High school grad (%)                                             82.9

  College grad (%)                                                 24.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    199

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         13.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.8

  Mean Income                                                    18,205

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.9

  Mean Income                                                    25,883

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.3

  Mean Income                                                    44,879

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    105

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     56

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.6

  Service (%)                                                       8.0

  Farming (%)                                                      10.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.1

  Labor (%)                                                        15.6





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