Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Smithfield borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,084

Household (median)                                               19,779

Family (median)                                                  26,312

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,383

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,193





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            24.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            57.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 26.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         184

  College                                                            15



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.6

  High school grad (%)                                             69.4

  College grad (%)                                                  9.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    383

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                23.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,583

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.2

  Mean Income                                                    26,188

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.3

  Mean Income                                                    37,021

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    188

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     72

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.6

  Service (%)                                                      15.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.3

  Labor (%)                                                        23.2





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