Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Apollo borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,002

Household (median)                                               16,455

Family (median)                                                  18,856

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,717

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,988





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            26.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            67.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            29.3

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                25.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 28.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 17

  Elementary or High School                                         295

  College                                                            61



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.9

  High school grad (%)                                             66.1

  College grad (%)                                                  9.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    620

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         16.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                29.9

  Mean Income                                                    12,358

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.4

  Mean Income                                                    22,013

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            40.7

  Mean Income                                                    31,015

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    353

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   24.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    144

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.6

  Service (%)                                                      22.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        26.5





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