Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Steelton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,966

Household (median)                                               28,181

Family (median)                                                  33,125

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,365

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,654





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            73.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.3

  Black                                                             8.7

  Other race                                                       13.6

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            89.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 59

  Elementary or High School                                         820

  College                                                           181



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.3

  High school grad (%)                                             73.7

  College grad (%)                                                 13.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,582

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.2

  Mean Income                                                    21,572

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.5

  Mean Income                                                    24,137

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.3

  Mean Income                                                    44,582

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,418

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    464

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           41.8

  Service (%)                                                      16.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.3

  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