Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Karns City borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,006

Household (median)                                               28,281

Family (median)                                                  29,688

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,066

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          37,090





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.9

  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 (%)                                 23.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                          51

  College                                                             4



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.6

  High school grad (%)                                             76.4

  College grad (%)                                                  4.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     81

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           44.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         15.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.3

  Mean Income                                                    15,543

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                41.4

  Mean Income                                                    28,755

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.3

  Mean Income                                                    33,102

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     45

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     19

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    3.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.1

  Service (%)                                                      18.5

  Farming (%)                                                       3.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.6

  Labor (%)                                                        28.4





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