Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: State College borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,694

Household (median)                                               18,257

Family (median)                                                  39,762

  Married couple families (mean)                                 51,998

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,759





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            46.5

  Black                                                            44.0

  Other race                                                       40.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            20.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                315

  Elementary or High School                                       1,359

  College                                                        27,717



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               4.0

  High school grad (%)                                             96.0

  College grad (%)                                                 71.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 15,632

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            4.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 61.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.0

  Mean Income                                                    37,775

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.3

  Mean Income                                                    41,744

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.7

  Mean Income                                                    53,291

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  7,793

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    811

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   37.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.8

  Service (%)                                                      21.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              1.7

  Labor (%)                                                         4.3





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