Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clarion

Municipality: Sligo borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,832

Household (median)                                               23,958

Family (median)                                                  26,420

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,035

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,286





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            73.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            93.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         123

  College                                                            25



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.2

  High school grad (%)                                             72.8

  College grad (%)                                                 11.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    260

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         13.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.4

  Mean Income                                                    16,645

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.3

  Mean Income                                                    21,758

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.3

  Mean Income                                                    41,361

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    127

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     57

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.0

  Service (%)                                                      14.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.1

  Labor (%)                                                        31.9





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