Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: North East borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,576

Household (median)                                               23,922

Family (median)                                                  30,078

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,061

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,993





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            57.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       68.4

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            91.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 98

  Elementary or High School                                         983

  College                                                           171



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.6

  High school grad (%)                                             77.4

  College grad (%)                                                 21.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,874

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.0

  Mean Income                                                    19,777

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.5

  Mean Income                                                    26,786

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.6

  Mean Income                                                    41,591

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    902

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    439

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.7

  Service (%)                                                      14.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        25.3





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