Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Butler city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,162

Household (median)                                               17,391

Family (median)                                                  24,325

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,419

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,037





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            19.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            64.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            23.3

  Black                                                             4.0

  Other race                                                       70.8

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            69.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 35.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                313

  Elementary or High School                                       2,297

  College                                                           764



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.3

  High school grad (%)                                             72.7

  College grad (%)                                                 16.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  6,518

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.3

  Mean Income                                                    14,538

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.4

  Mean Income                                                    22,066

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.3

  Mean Income                                                    38,504

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,351

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,164

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.2

  Service (%)                                                      22.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.8

  Labor (%)                                                        18.3





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