Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Mahoning township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,392

Household (median)                                               20,268

Family (median)                                                  23,867

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,887

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,794





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            22.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            46.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 21

  Elementary or High School                                         269

  College                                                            30



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              40.2

  High school grad (%)                                             59.8

  College grad (%)                                                  8.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    553

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.1

  Mean Income                                                    16,507

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                38.0

  Mean Income                                                    24,445

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            41.8

  Mean Income                                                    38,574

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    217

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     96

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.7

  Farming (%)                                                       4.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             23.9

  Labor (%)                                                        31.1





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