Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Dawson borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,426

Household (median)                                               15,729

Family (median)                                                  19,792

  Married couple families (mean)                                 25,101

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,093





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            29.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                90.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            22.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            29.4

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 43.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                         111

  College                                                             6



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.2

  High school grad (%)                                             69.8

  College grad (%)                                                  4.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    173

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         26.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                29.5

  Mean Income                                                     9,765

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.8

  Mean Income                                                    17,686

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.6

  Mean Income                                                    32,738

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     89

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   18.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     57

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    6.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.5

  Service (%)                                                      17.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.5

  Labor (%)                                                        37.0





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