Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: South Fork borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,163

Household (median)                                               17,305

Family (median)                                                  22,067

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,926

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,238





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            55.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 22.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 17

  Elementary or High School                                         216

  College                                                            27



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.3

  High school grad (%)                                             71.7

  College grad (%)                                                 11.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    387

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                28.1

  Mean Income                                                    17,679

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.1

  Mean Income                                                    17,775

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.8

  Mean Income                                                    32,815

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    189

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   13.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     73

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.7

  Service (%)                                                      14.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.1

  Labor (%)                                                        29.5





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