Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Harrison township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,101

Household (median)                                               24,766

Family (median)                                                  30,981

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,979

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,240





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                79.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            62.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.4

  Black                                                            37.4

  Other race                                                       48.6

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            68.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                257

  Elementary or High School                                       1,587

  College                                                           482



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.6

  High school grad (%)                                             76.4

  College grad (%)                                                 17.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,590

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.2

  Mean Income                                                    21,720

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.7

  Mean Income                                                    29,407

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.2

  Mean Income                                                    43,279

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,286

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    757

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.6

  Service (%)                                                      16.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.0

  Labor (%)                                                        15.9





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