Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Pittsburgh city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,580

Household (median)                                               20,747

Family (median)                                                  27,484

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,449

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,842





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            76.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.0

  Black                                                            40.9

  Other race                                                       33.8

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 32.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                              5,812

  Elementary or High School                                      47,793

  College                                                        43,505



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.6

  High school grad (%)                                             72.4

  College grad (%)                                                 25.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                153,991

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            8.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 46.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,496

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.0

  Mean Income                                                    30,103

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.5

  Mean Income                                                    50,476

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                 82,360

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                 22,666

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.1

  Service (%)                                                      18.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.4

  Labor (%)                                                        10.3





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