Sheppton, Pennsylvania

Sheppton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 239 at the 2000 census.

Sheppton is located at (40.895990, -76.118221).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²), all of it land.

As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 239 people, 99 households, and 58 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,492.4 people per square mile (1,845.6/km²). There were 114 housing units at an average density of 2,142.8/sq mi (880.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 100.00% White.

There were 99 households out of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.4% were married couples living together, 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.4% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $26,042, and the median income for a family was $35,750. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $26,250 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $12,547. About 13.6% of families and 16.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 4.8% of those sixty five or over.


Marriage

Marriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found. Such a union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding.

People marry for many reasons, most often including one or more of the following: legal, social, emotional, economical, spiritual, and religious. These might include arranged marriages, family obligations, the legal establishment of a nuclear family unit, the legal protection of children and public declaration of love.

Marriage practices are very diverse across cultures, may take many forms, and are often formalized by a wedding. The act of marriage usually creates normative or legal obligations between the individuals involved. In some societies these obligations also extend to certain family members of the married persons. Almost all cultures that recognize marriage also recognize adultery as a violation of the terms of marriage.

External recognition can manifest in a variety of ways. Some examples include the state, a religious authority, or both. It is often viewed as a contract. Civil marriage is the legal concept of marriage as a governmental institution irrespective of religious affiliation, in accordance with marriage laws of the jurisdiction. If recognized by the state, by the religion(s) to which the parties belong or by society in general, the act of marriage changes the personal and social status of the individuals who enter into it.

Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms. It is the measure of the amount of money that each person earns in the country, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year. When comparing nations per capita income reflects gross national product per person, but it is also used to compare municipalities within nations. When determining the per capita income of a community, the total personal income is divided by the population.

Per capita income is often used as a measure of the wealth of the population of a nation, particularly when comparing countries with substantially different levels of wealth, however, it has several weaknesses as a measurement.

Economic activity that does not result in monetary income, such as services provided within the family, or for barter, are usually not counted. The importance of these services will vary widely between different economies, both between countries and among different groups within a country. As for the per capita income of the majority of the population, using the median income or Amartya Sen's welfare function is the more appropriate approach.

Differing currency exchange rates between countries mean that a given amount of money (for example, one US dollar) has differing values in different places.