Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Clairton city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,936

Household (median)                                               17,396

Family (median)                                                  23,435

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,326

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,490





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            18.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            81.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.1

  Black                                                            41.8

  Other race                                                       51.9

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            71.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 39.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                108

  Elementary or High School                                       1,403

  College                                                           497



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.0

  High school grad (%)                                             68.0

  College grad (%)                                                 12.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,270

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                26.8

  Mean Income                                                    14,381

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.3

  Mean Income                                                    26,204

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            39.9

  Mean Income                                                    46,230

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,666

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    521

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.5

  Service (%)                                                      20.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.5

  Labor (%)                                                        18.2





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