Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Harrisburg city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,037

Household (median)                                               20,329

Family (median)                                                  24,469

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,155

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,790





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            23.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            83.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            18.2

  Black                                                            32.1

  Other race                                                       47.2

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            68.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 44.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                734

  Elementary or High School                                       9,220

  College                                                         2,414



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.8

  High school grad (%)                                             67.2

  College grad (%)                                                 18.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 22,901

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.1

  Mean Income                                                    10,733

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.5

  Mean Income                                                    20,220

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.4

  Mean Income                                                    43,941

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                 12,668

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  4,394

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.1

  Service (%)                                                      18.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.8

  Labor (%)                                                        15.5





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