Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Crawford

Municipality: Meadville city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,986

Household (median)                                               18,624

Family (median)                                                  26,004

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,533

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,798





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            18.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            63.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.6

  Black                                                            36.5

  Other race                                                       44.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 33.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                220

  Elementary or High School                                       2,061

  College                                                         2,149



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.1

  High school grad (%)                                             75.9

  College grad (%)                                                 20.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,678

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 42.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.7

  Mean Income                                                    17,918

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.2

  Mean Income                                                    31,226

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.1

  Mean Income                                                    42,043

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,060

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,056

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   31.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.6

  Service (%)                                                      17.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.3

  Labor (%)                                                        12.2





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