Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clarion

Municipality: Clarion borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,826

Household (median)                                               16,838

Family (median)                                                  33,810

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,268

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,476





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            37.6

  Black                                                            82.9

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            84.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 72

  Elementary or High School                                         415

  College                                                         3,704



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.9

  High school grad (%)                                             82.1

  College grad (%)                                                 38.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,216

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            4.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 58.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.0

  Mean Income                                                    23,762

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                    39,048

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.7

  Mean Income                                                    43,696

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,395

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    243

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   31.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           43.4

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              3.7

  Labor (%)                                                         8.1





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