Shamokin, PA Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Population (total): Population in 2017: 7,061 (100% urban, 0% rural). >Population change since 2000: -11.8%

Population (male): 3,284

Population (female): 3,777

Median Age: 44.0 years

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Shamokin: 82.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (overall): Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2017: 27.3%

Poverty (breakdown): (26.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 10.5% for Black residents, 56.6% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 100.0% for other race residents)

Sex Offenders: According to our research of Pennsylvania and other state lists, there were 21 registered sex offenders living in Shamokin, Pennsylvania as of January 15, 2021. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Shamokin is 343 to 1.>

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $28,922 (it was $20,173 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $18,398 (it was $12,354 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $48,347 (it was $29,200 in 2000) Shamokin:$48,347PA:$181,200

Races:
      White alone - 7,019 - 95.2%
      Hispanic - 194 - 2.6%
      Two or more races - 82 - 1.1%
      Black alone - 39 - 0.5%
      Asian alone - 30 - 0.4%
      American Indian alone - 7 - 0.09%
      Other race alone - 3 - 0.04%

Famous inventor, scientist and entrepreneur Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931), briefly a resident of nearby Sunbury, established the Edison Illuminating Company of Shamokin in the fall of 1882. When the Shamokin power generating station on Independence Street started on September 22, 1883, St. Edward's Roman Catholic Church which was connected, became the first church in the world to be lit by electricity. Until 2017, Jones Hardware Company was located at the Independence Street site of the former 1882 Edison electrical station in Shamokin.)

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Important Links

National Drug and Alcohol Screening Association (https://ndasa.com/)

National Drug Free Workplace Alliance (https://www.ndwa.org/)

Substance Abuse Program Administrators Association (https://www.sapaa.com/)

Substance Abuse Mental Health Safety Administration (https://www.samhsa.gov/)

US Drug Enforcement Administration (https://www.dea.gov/)

Office of Drug alcohol Policy Control (https://www.transportation.gov/odapc)

Shamokin, PA Locations

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Shamokin, PA Testing Locations

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21 W INDEPENDENCE ST 0.2 miles

21 W INDEPENDENCE ST
SHAMOKIN, PA 17872
Categories: SHAMOKIN PA

521 N FRANKLIN ST 0.5 miles

521 N FRANKLIN ST
SHAMOKIN, PA 17872
Categories: SHAMOKIN PA

4200 HOSPITAL RD 1.3 miles

4200 HOSPITAL RD
COAL TOWNSHIP, PA 17866
Categories: COAL TOWNSHIP PA

323 TREVORTON RD 4.3 miles

323 TREVORTON RD
SHAMOKIN, PA 17872
Categories: SHAMOKIN PA

870 Gordon Nagle Trail Ste 101 10.7 miles

870 Gordon Nagle Trail Ste 101
Pottsville, PA 17801
Categories: Pottsville PA

330 N 12TH ST 12.5 miles

330 N 12TH ST
SUNBURY, PA 17801
Categories: SUNBURY PA

350 N 11TH ST 12.6 miles

350 N 11TH ST
SUNBURY, PA 17801
Categories: SUNBURY PA

249 N 11TH ST 12.6 miles

249 N 11TH ST
SUNBURY, PA 17801
Categories: SUNBURY PA

530 Montour Blvd 13.2 miles

530 Montour Blvd
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Categories: Bloomsburg PA

1597 N SUSQUEHANNA TRL 14.8 miles

1597 N SUSQUEHANNA TRL
Selinsgrove, PA 17870
Categories: Selinsgrove PA

6 BUCKHORN RD 16.0 miles

6 BUCKHORN RD
BLOOMSBURG, PA 17815
Categories: BLOOMSBURG PA

1103 OLD BERWICK RD 16.1 miles

1103 OLD BERWICK RD
BLOOMSBURG, PA 17815
Categories: BLOOMSBURG PA

549 FAIR ST 16.1 miles

549 FAIR ST
BLOOMSBURG, PA 17815
Categories: BLOOMSBURG PA

410 GLENN AVE ste 2 16.2 miles

410 GLENN AVE ste 2
BLOOMSBURG, PA 17815
Categories: BLOOMSBURG PA

935 ROUTE 522 17.4 miles

935 ROUTE 522
SELINSGROVE, PA 17870
Categories: SELINSGROVE PA

1851 W End Ave, 19.4 miles

1851 W End Ave,
Pottsville, PA 17901
Categories: Pottsville PA

420 S JACKSON ST 20.7 miles

420 S JACKSON ST
POTTSVILLE, PA 17901
Categories: POTTSVILLE PA

130 BUFFALO RD STE 104 21.3 miles

130 BUFFALO RD STE 104
LEWISBURG, PA 17837
Categories: LEWISBURG PA

73 COAL ST 21.6 miles

73 COAL ST
PORT CARBON, PA 17965
Categories: PORT CARBON PA

130 S FRONT ST 22.2 miles

130 S FRONT ST
MILTON, PA 17847
Categories: MILTON PA

301 W 3RD ST 24.8 miles

301 W 3RD ST
BERWICK, PA 18603
Categories: BERWICK PA

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Local Area Info: Shamokin, Pennsylvania

Shamokin (/???mo?k?n/; Saponi Algonquian Schahamokink, meaning "place of eels") (Lenape Indian language: Shahëmokink ) is a city in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, surrounded by Coal Township at the western edge of the Anthracite Coal Region in central Pennsylvania. It was named after a Saponi Indian village, Schahamokink. At the 2010 decennial United States Census, the population was 7,374, approximately half what it was in 1950.

The first human settlement of Shamokin was probably Shawnee natives migrants.[citation needed] A large population of Delaware Indians (also known as the Lenapes) were also forcibly resettled there in the early 18th century after they lost rights to their land in the "Walking Purchase" (also known as the "Walking Treaty") along the eastern border of the colonial Province of Pennsylvania in the upper northern reaches of the Delaware River in 1737. Canasatego of the Six Nations, enforcing the Walking Purchase on behalf of George Thomas, Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania (1738-1747), ordered the Delaware Indians to go to two places on the Susquehanna River.

The city of present-day Shamokin was founded as a village by colonists in 1773, but did not develop much until the following 19th century. The discovery of anthracite coal resources in the region, known as "hard coal," became the basis of much industry. Railroad companies, such as Reading Railroad, bought interests in coal and became major employers of the area, building railroads to ship coal to markets and controlling most jobs. Workers gradually organized into unions to develop means of bargaining with these powerful companies. During the nationwide Great Railroad Strike of July 1877, workers in the 1877 Shamokin Uprising at that time marched and demonstrated during the summer period of labor unrest.

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Population (total): Population in 2017: 7,061 (100% urban, 0% rural). >Population change since 2000: -11.8%

Population (male): 3,284

Population (female): 3,777

Median Age: 44.0 years

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Shamokin: 82.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (overall): Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2017: 27.3%

Poverty (breakdown): (26.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 10.5% for Black residents, 56.6% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 100.0% for other race residents)

Sex Offenders: According to our research of Pennsylvania and other state lists, there were 21 registered sex offenders living in Shamokin, Pennsylvania as of January 15, 2021. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Shamokin is 343 to 1.>

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $28,922 (it was $20,173 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $18,398 (it was $12,354 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $48,347 (it was $29,200 in 2000) Shamokin:$48,347PA:$181,200

Races:
      White alone - 7,019 - 95.2%
      Hispanic - 194 - 2.6%
      Two or more races - 82 - 1.1%
      Black alone - 39 - 0.5%
      Asian alone - 30 - 0.4%
      American Indian alone - 7 - 0.09%
      Other race alone - 3 - 0.04%

Famous inventor, scientist and entrepreneur Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931), briefly a resident of nearby Sunbury, established the Edison Illuminating Company of Shamokin in the fall of 1882. When the Shamokin power generating station on Independence Street started on September 22, 1883, St. Edward's Roman Catholic Church which was connected, became the first church in the world to be lit by electricity. Until 2017, Jones Hardware Company was located at the Independence Street site of the former 1882 Edison electrical station in Shamokin.)