Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Kittanning township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,774

Household (median)                                               25,234

Family (median)                                                  28,362

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,912

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,176





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            21.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            88.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                         444

  College                                                            59



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.6

  High school grad (%)                                             68.4

  College grad (%)                                                  8.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    881

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.8

  Mean Income                                                    16,603

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.5

  Mean Income                                                    26,315

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.7

  Mean Income                                                    38,553

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    382

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    173

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.5

  Service (%)                                                      13.2

  Farming (%)                                                       3.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.3

  Labor (%)                                                        31.3





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