Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Chicora borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,655

Household (median)                                               23,542

Family (median)                                                  29,779

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,469

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,215





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 22

  Elementary or High School                                         153

  College                                                            36



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.9

  High school grad (%)                                             77.1

  College grad (%)                                                 15.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    474

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.0

  Mean Income                                                    19,629

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.3

  Mean Income                                                    25,693

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.7

  Mean Income                                                    42,951

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    210

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     74

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.5

  Service (%)                                                      15.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.2

  Labor (%)                                                        22.8





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