Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Thompson borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,379

Household (median)                                               19,375

Family (median)                                                  24,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,239

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,314





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            18.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            60.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.1

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                41.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            47.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 27.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                          58

  College                                                             7



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.5

  High school grad (%)                                             66.5

  College grad (%)                                                 14.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    127

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.1

  Mean Income                                                    10,778

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.0

  Mean Income                                                    16,256

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.9

  Mean Income                                                    37,404

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     69

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     23

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.1

  Service (%)                                                      16.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.3

  Labor (%)                                                        20.5





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