Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: North Bethlehem township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,800

Household (median)                                               26,990

Family (median)                                                  30,536

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,066

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,599





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                58.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            35.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            24.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 64

  Elementary or High School                                         311

  College                                                            54



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.8

  High school grad (%)                                             68.2

  College grad (%)                                                 16.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    780

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.5

  Mean Income                                                    18,624

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.7

  Mean Income                                                    29,851

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.8

  Mean Income                                                    45,419

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    360

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    152

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                       3.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.0

  Labor (%)                                                        21.4





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