Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Carnegie borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,082

Household (median)                                               21,684

Family (median)                                                  30,774

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,788

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,132





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            78.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.6

  Black                                                            11.7

  Other race                                                       40.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            79.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                162

  Elementary or High School                                       1,160

  College                                                           494



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.6

  High school grad (%)                                             73.4

  College grad (%)                                                 20.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,206

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.2

  Mean Income                                                    18,134

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.3

  Mean Income                                                    36,829

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.5

  Mean Income                                                    44,331

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,156

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    622

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.1

  Service (%)                                                      15.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.7

  Labor (%)                                                        14.0





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