Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lawrence

Municipality: Bessemer borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,914

Household (median)                                               22,829

Family (median)                                                  27,986

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,776

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,944





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            69.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            69.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 22.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                         197

  College                                                            53



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.7

  High school grad (%)                                             75.3

  College grad (%)                                                 12.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    462

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.0

  Mean Income                                                    18,618

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.2

  Mean Income                                                    29,127

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.8

  Mean Income                                                    38,154

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    216

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     88

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.4

  Service (%)                                                      14.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.2

  Labor (%)                                                        22.7





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