Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Coatesville city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,570

Household (median)                                               24,887

Family (median)                                                  29,013

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,177

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,841





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                86.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            86.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.7

  Black                                                            32.2

  Other race                                                       65.8

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 28.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                201

  Elementary or High School                                       2,161

  College                                                           204



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.4

  High school grad (%)                                             67.6

  College grad (%)                                                 12.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,495

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.7

  Mean Income                                                    15,517

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.4

  Mean Income                                                    24,310

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.9

  Mean Income                                                    44,092

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,351

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,079

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.0

  Service (%)                                                      22.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.3

  Labor (%)                                                        18.2





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