Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Le Boeuf township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,061

Household (median)                                               27,333

Family (median)                                                  31,065

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,636

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,983





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                91.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            42.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.1

  Black                                                            73.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 33

  Elementary or High School                                         329

  College                                                            60



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.7

  High school grad (%)                                             79.3

  College grad (%)                                                 17.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    653

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.9

  Mean Income                                                    16,178

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.5

  Mean Income                                                    26,682

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.6

  Mean Income                                                    38,783

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    278

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    128

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.0

  Service (%)                                                       8.3

  Farming (%)                                                       7.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.1

  Labor (%)                                                        23.3





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