Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Parker city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,076

Household (median)                                               17,153

Family (median)                                                  22,062

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,462

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,634





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            23.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            55.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            26.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            87.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 38.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         174

  College                                                            18



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.3

  High school grad (%)                                             71.7

  College grad (%)                                                  8.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    268

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         14.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                26.7

  Mean Income                                                    14,136

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.3

  Mean Income                                                    17,607

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            44.9

  Mean Income                                                    34,073

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    154

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   17.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     68

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.5

  Service (%)                                                      16.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.8

  Labor (%)                                                        23.1





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