Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Aliquippa city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,892

Household (median)                                               16,804

Family (median)                                                  21,870

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,841

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,561





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            24.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            72.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.3

  Black                                                            52.1

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 51.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                140

  Elementary or High School                                       2,057

  College                                                           531



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.3

  High school grad (%)                                             64.7

  College grad (%)                                                 11.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,038

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         14.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                32.5

  Mean Income                                                    13,842

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.4

  Mean Income                                                    23,331

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            36.1

  Mean Income                                                    36,077

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,324

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    852

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.6

  Service (%)                                                      26.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.3

  Labor (%)                                                        13.9





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