Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Armstrong
Municipality: Freeport borough
INCOME
Per Capita 10,730
Household (median) 21,366
Family (median) 28,272
Married couple families (mean) 32,794
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 12,558
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 8.0
Families w/children in poverty (%) 77.3
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 73.5
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 11.4
Black 50.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 8.9
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 77.5
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 15.1
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 27
Elementary or High School 291
College 78
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 26.0
High school grad (%) 74.0
College grad (%) 14.4
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 774
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 24.2
Employed in service industry (%) 26.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 9.6
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 19.3
Mean Income 17,945
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 31.6
Mean Income 27,670
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 49.0
Mean Income 37,195
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 398
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.8
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 166
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.9
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 17.6
Sales and suppport (%) 32.9
Service (%) 13.8
Farming (%) 2.6
Craft and Repair (%) 12.0
Labor (%) 21.1
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