Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: East McKeesport borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,379

Household (median)                                               20,861

Family (median)                                                  27,147

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,390

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,946





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                90.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.0

  Black                                                            26.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            83.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 27

  Elementary or High School                                         345

  College                                                           103



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.8

  High school grad (%)                                             77.2

  College grad (%)                                                 11.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,236

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.7

  Mean Income                                                    16,480

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.3

  Mean Income                                                    25,926

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.0

  Mean Income                                                    39,367

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    616

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    189

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           39.2

  Service (%)                                                      22.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.4

  Labor (%)                                                        15.0





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