Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Barnesboro borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,648

Household (median)                                               16,884

Family (median)                                                  23,279

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,764

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,115





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                89.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            82.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 34.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 27

  Elementary or High School                                         480

  College                                                           101



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.7

  High school grad (%)                                             74.3

  College grad (%)                                                 13.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    803

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            7.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 43.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                28.7

  Mean Income                                                    13,607

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.2

  Mean Income                                                    23,960

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            39.1

  Mean Income                                                    35,965

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    409

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    153

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.0

  Service (%)                                                      22.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.3

  Labor (%)                                                        10.5





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