Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Duquesne city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,404

Household (median)                                               15,801

Family (median)                                                  21,268

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,381

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,845





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            24.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            74.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            20.6

  Black                                                            34.6

  Other race                                                       70.1

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            67.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 40.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                144

  Elementary or High School                                       1,391

  College                                                           585



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.9

  High school grad (%)                                             68.1

  College grad (%)                                                 13.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,615

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 39.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         14.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                32.8

  Mean Income                                                    12,574

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.4

  Mean Income                                                    23,052

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            32.8

  Mean Income                                                    35,785

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,507

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    566

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           39.2

  Service (%)                                                      19.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.5

  Labor (%)                                                        15.1





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