Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Midland borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,116

Household (median)                                               15,528

Family (median)                                                  19,854

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,033

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,663





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            23.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            47.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.0

  Black                                                            41.3

  Other race                                                       82.4

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 52.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 74

  Elementary or High School                                         455

  College                                                           149



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.4

  High school grad (%)                                             66.6

  College grad (%)                                                 10.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    933

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         16.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                32.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,004

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.8

  Mean Income                                                    18,846

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            36.4

  Mean Income                                                    38,036

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    488

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    154

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.9

  Service (%)                                                      27.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.1

  Labor (%)                                                        18.0





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