Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Lancaster city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,693

Household (median)                                               22,210

Family (median)                                                  27,002

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,384

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,233





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                86.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            71.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.0

  Black                                                            33.2

  Other race                                                       47.2

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            63.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 32.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                981

  Elementary or High School                                       9,161

  College                                                         3,732



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              38.6

  High school grad (%)                                             61.4

  College grad (%)                                                 16.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 25,188

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.2

  Mean Income                                                    13,274

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.1

  Mean Income                                                    21,644

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.7

  Mean Income                                                    41,417

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                 12,389

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  3,954

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.9

  Service (%)                                                      16.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.5

  Labor (%)                                                        25.8





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