Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Uniontown city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,091

Household (median)                                               15,383

Family (median)                                                  21,289

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,644

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,322





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            20.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            59.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.7

  Black                                                            38.1

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 37.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                186

  Elementary or High School                                       1,689

  College                                                           432



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.9

  High school grad (%)                                             73.1

  College grad (%)                                                 15.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,786

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         14.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                32.6

  Mean Income                                                    13,247

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.9

  Mean Income                                                    30,674

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            36.5

  Mean Income                                                    40,086

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,068

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    707

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.3

  Service (%)                                                      18.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.8

  Labor (%)                                                        14.3





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