Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Lanesboro borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,165

Household (median)                                               13,833

Family (median)                                                  24,028

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,951

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,257





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                79.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            68.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                24.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            92.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 32.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 22

  Elementary or High School                                         103

  College                                                            14



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              41.4

  High school grad (%)                                             58.6

  College grad (%)                                                 11.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    215

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.0

  Mean Income                                                    14,341

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                15.7

  Mean Income                                                    19,816

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.4

  Mean Income                                                    34,625

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    117

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     38

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.8

  Service (%)                                                      17.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.6

  Labor (%)                                                        28.8





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