Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Shippingport borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,801

Household (median)                                               22,500

Family (median)                                                  25,208

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,111

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          38

  College                                                             9



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.9

  High school grad (%)                                             68.1

  College grad (%)                                                 14.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     98

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         14.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.9

  Mean Income                                                    21,325

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                52.2

  Mean Income                                                    25,521

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            35.8

  Mean Income                                                    40,541

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     55

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   14.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     22

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    2.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.8

  Service (%)                                                      20.4

  Farming (%)                                                       3.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.3

  Labor (%)                                                        21.4





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