Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Bethlehem city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,108

Household (median)                                               27,382

Family (median)                                                  33,650

  Married couple families (mean)                                 48,372

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,815





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            75.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.9

  Black                                                            29.4

  Other race                                                       46.6

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                801

  Elementary or High School                                       7,452

  College                                                         7,788



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.6

  High school grad (%)                                             69.4

  College grad (%)                                                 25.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 23,000

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 39.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.2

  Mean Income                                                    21,078

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.7

  Mean Income                                                    33,623

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.1

  Mean Income                                                    52,996

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                 11,280

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  3,713

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.3

  Service (%)                                                      14.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.3

  Labor (%)                                                        17.5





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