Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Rankin borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        6,805

Household (median)                                               10,872

Family (median)                                                  14,740

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,171

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,796





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            38.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            85.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            18.4

  Black                                                            57.1

  Other race                                                       44.4

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                24.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            55.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 63.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 51

  Elementary or High School                                         451

  College                                                           123



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.8

  High school grad (%)                                             66.2

  College grad (%)                                                  5.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    690

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 45.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         14.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                36.9

  Mean Income                                                     8,294

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.6

  Mean Income                                                    17,073

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            25.5

  Mean Income                                                    36,350

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    435

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    171

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           42.3

  Service (%)                                                      29.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              5.8

  Labor (%)                                                        13.9





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