Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Lawrence Park township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,964

Household (median)                                               29,970

Family (median)                                                  34,073

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,901

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,355





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                52.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            80.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.5

  Black                                                            38.9

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            32.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 69

  Elementary or High School                                         773

  College                                                           309



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.9

  High school grad (%)                                             81.1

  College grad (%)                                                 23.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,806

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.2

  Mean Income                                                    20,062

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.9

  Mean Income                                                    40,120

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.9

  Mean Income                                                    44,967

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    863

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    347

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.8

  Labor (%)                                                        22.5





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