Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Tioga

Municipality: Blossburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,402

Household (median)                                               24,718

Family (median)                                                  32,132

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,842

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,631





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                89.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            75.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.1

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 28.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         282

  College                                                            78



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.2

  High school grad (%)                                             74.8

  College grad (%)                                                 23.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    607

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.9

  Mean Income                                                    19,744

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.7

  Mean Income                                                    31,748

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.3

  Mean Income                                                    47,451

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    304

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    123

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.3

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.4

  Labor (%)                                                        31.0





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