Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Huntington

Municipality: Petersburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,692

Household (median)                                               23,214

Family (median)                                                  25,893

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,416

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,267





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            63.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  3

  Elementary or High School                                         123

  College                                                            18



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.7

  High school grad (%)                                             74.3

  College grad (%)                                                 11.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    182

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         18.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.4

  Mean Income                                                    11,785

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.1

  Mean Income                                                    19,712

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.4

  Mean Income                                                    35,139

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     81

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   18.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     46

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           16.5

  Service (%)                                                      16.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.2

  Labor (%)                                                        30.8





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