Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Ambridge borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,006

Household (median)                                               15,383

Family (median)                                                  20,768

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,805

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,026





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            19.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            75.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.3

  Black                                                            42.9

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            71.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 40.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 50

  Elementary or High School                                       1,025

  College                                                           388



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.1

  High school grad (%)                                             63.9

  College grad (%)                                                 12.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,860

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                30.4

  Mean Income                                                    14,157

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.1

  Mean Income                                                    22,374

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            35.5

  Mean Income                                                    34,643

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,504

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    384

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.5

  Service (%)                                                      24.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.3

  Labor (%)                                                        19.1





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