Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Kittanning borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,248

Household (median)                                               15,437

Family (median)                                                  21,172

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,606

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,010





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            22.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            56.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            25.1

  Black                                                            42.1

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            79.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 33.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 81

  Elementary or High School                                         657

  College                                                           319



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.5

  High school grad (%)                                             67.5

  College grad (%)                                                 14.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,625

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.6

  Mean Income                                                    17,895

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.5

  Mean Income                                                    20,432

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            39.9

  Mean Income                                                    36,907

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    950

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    359

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.9

  Service (%)                                                      23.9

  Farming (%)                                                       2.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.2

  Labor (%)                                                        14.5





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