Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Armstrong
Municipality: Ford City borough
INCOME
Per Capita 10,621
Household (median) 19,248
Family (median) 25,215
Married couple families (mean) 29,260
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 8,683
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 9.6
Families w/children in poverty (%) 48.4
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 64.4
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 11.4
Black 0.0
Other race 100.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 8.2
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 52.5
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 12.4
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 27
Elementary or High School 397
College 102
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 29.5
High school grad (%) 70.5
College grad (%) 10.1
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 1,221
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 27.9
Employed in service industry (%) 26.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 10.0
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 30.9
Mean Income 17,197
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 26.6
Mean Income 26,570
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 42.5
Mean Income 34,996
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 603
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.1
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 213
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.0
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 16.2
Sales and suppport (%) 30.1
Service (%) 14.5
Farming (%) 1.5
Craft and Repair (%) 14.6
Labor (%) 23.2
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