Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: East Pittsburgh borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,466

Household (median)                                               16,150

Family (median)                                                  23,106

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,923

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,539





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            19.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            78.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.2

  Black                                                            52.0

  Other race                                                       66.7

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            67.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 38.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 25

  Elementary or High School                                         269

  College                                                           135



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.9

  High school grad (%)                                             69.1

  College grad (%)                                                 11.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    793

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.3

  Mean Income                                                    16,035

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.8

  Mean Income                                                    19,955

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            41.9

  Mean Income                                                    37,384

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    462

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    159

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.1

  Service (%)                                                      21.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        13.4





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