Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: McKeesport city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,024

Household (median)                                               16,427

Family (median)                                                  23,344

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,359

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,062





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            20.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            20.5

  Black                                                            42.0

  Other race                                                       31.3

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 38.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                334

  Elementary or High School                                       3,612

  College                                                         1,504



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.4

  High school grad (%)                                             66.6

  College grad (%)                                                 12.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  8,553

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         13.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                27.9

  Mean Income                                                    15,112

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.8

  Mean Income                                                    22,651

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            41.3

  Mean Income                                                    37,320

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,688

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,513

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.2

  Service (%)                                                      20.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.6

  Labor (%)                                                        14.9





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