Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Erie city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,715

Household (median)                                               22,032

Family (median)                                                  27,725

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,151

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,837





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                86.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            76.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.9

  Black                                                            46.6

  Other race                                                       54.6

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 30.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                              2,419

  Elementary or High School                                      17,733

  College                                                         7,329



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.7

  High school grad (%)                                             72.3

  College grad (%)                                                 18.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 46,064

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.3

  Mean Income                                                    15,484

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.9

  Mean Income                                                    27,367

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.8

  Mean Income                                                    41,460

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                 23,837

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  8,263

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.7

  Service (%)                                                      17.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.0

  Labor (%)                                                        18.5





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