Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Platea borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,154

Household (median)                                               25,000

Family (median)                                                  27,917

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,384

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                44.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                          69

  College                                                             9



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.9

  High school grad (%)                                             75.1

  College grad (%)                                                  6.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    229

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           57.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 0.8

  Mean Income                                                    12,216

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                41.6

  Mean Income                                                    23,887

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.6

  Mean Income                                                    31,098

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     96

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     46

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    5.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.0

  Service (%)                                                       8.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.7

  Labor (%)                                                        39.3





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