Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Applewold borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,551

Household (median)                                               18,875

Family (median)                                                  20,357

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,432

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,392





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            57.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 30.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                          72

  College                                                            14



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.1

  High school grad (%)                                             75.9

  College grad (%)                                                 19.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    163

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.1

  Mean Income                                                    13,228

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.7

  Mean Income                                                    21,240

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.2

  Mean Income                                                    38,989

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     85

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     36

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.7

  Service (%)                                                      16.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.4

  Labor (%)                                                        21.5





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