Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Franklin borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,669

Household (median)                                               19,375

Family (median)                                                  26,125

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,627

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,235





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            68.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.1

  Black                                                            43.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            52.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 29.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                          98

  College                                                            14



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              42.2

  High school grad (%)                                             57.8

  College grad (%)                                                  8.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    194

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                27.7

  Mean Income                                                    14,791

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.4

  Mean Income                                                    24,253

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            40.9

  Mean Income                                                    38,682

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    101

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     40

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.8

  Service (%)                                                      20.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.9

  Labor (%)                                                        18.0





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