Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Altoona city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,398

Household (median)                                               20,695

Family (median)                                                  26,610

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,159

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,954





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            60.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.7

  Black                                                            30.9

  Other race                                                       32.7

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 27.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                766

  Elementary or High School                                       8,684

  College                                                         2,233



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.7

  High school grad (%)                                             73.3

  College grad (%)                                                 13.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 21,061

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.4

  Mean Income                                                    16,198

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.5

  Mean Income                                                    26,209

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.1

  Mean Income                                                    39,756

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                 10,702

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  4,251

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.1

  Service (%)                                                      16.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.9

  Labor (%)                                                        18.9





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