Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: Reading city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,041

Household (median)                                               22,112

Family (median)                                                  27,277

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,688

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,129





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.1

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.4

  Black                                                            28.9

  Other race                                                       47.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            68.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 31.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                              1,372

  Elementary or High School                                      12,268

  College                                                         3,815



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              41.6

  High school grad (%)                                             58.4

  College grad (%)                                                 12.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 34,188

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.8

  Mean Income                                                    13,842

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.2

  Mean Income                                                    23,654

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.0

  Mean Income                                                    41,471

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                 17,723

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  5,894

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.7

  Service (%)                                                      15.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.8

  Labor (%)                                                        26.7





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