Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Union

Municipality: Lewisburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,406

Household (median)                                               24,174

Family (median)                                                  35,219

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,115

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,281





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            65.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.5

  Black                                                            12.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            56.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 50

  Elementary or High School                                         424

  College                                                         2,447



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.3

  High school grad (%)                                             83.7

  College grad (%)                                                 40.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,438

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 56.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.1

  Mean Income                                                    16,442

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.6

  Mean Income                                                    34,496

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.3

  Mean Income                                                    46,694

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,266

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    241

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   36.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              4.4

  Labor (%)                                                         9.5





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