Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Liberty township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,924

Household (median)                                               28,000

Family (median)                                                  30,921

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,231

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,671





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            18.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                20.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 19

  Elementary or High School                                         281

  College                                                            68



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.3

  High school grad (%)                                             71.7

  College grad (%)                                                 15.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    669

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.1

  Mean Income                                                    15,029

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.0

  Mean Income                                                    26,101

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.9

  Mean Income                                                    40,488

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    314

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    127

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.2

  Service (%)                                                      14.1

  Farming (%)                                                       6.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.9

  Labor (%)                                                        18.7





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