Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Indiana

Municipality: Blairsville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,265

Household (median)                                               19,857

Family (median)                                                  26,763

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,085

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,100





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 82

  Elementary or High School                                         578

  College                                                           188



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.5

  High school grad (%)                                             81.5

  College grad (%)                                                 19.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,422

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                23.7

  Mean Income                                                    14,189

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.9

  Mean Income                                                    35,009

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            42.4

  Mean Income                                                    41,551

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    720

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    247

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.3

  Service (%)                                                      16.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.0

  Labor (%)                                                        15.4





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