Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Tioga

Municipality: Bloss township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,675

Household (median)                                               25,375

Family (median)                                                  28,393

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,434

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,762





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                22.7

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                          54

  College                                                            25



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.2

  High school grad (%)                                             65.8

  College grad (%)                                                  4.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    144

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           50.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 10.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                26.6

  Mean Income                                                    13,546

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.6

  Mean Income                                                    24,478

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.8

  Mean Income                                                    40,291

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     58

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     34

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    7.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           11.1

  Service (%)                                                      11.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             25.7

  Labor (%)                                                        43.8





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