Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Philadelphia

Municipality: Philadelphia city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,091

Household (median)                                               24,603

Family (median)                                                  30,140

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,937

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,392





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            72.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.1

  Black                                                            29.0

  Other race                                                       51.5

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            56.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 30.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                             24,016

  Elementary or High School                                     253,760

  College                                                       117,257



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.7

  High school grad (%)                                             64.3

  College grad (%)                                                 19.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                651,621

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.6

  Mean Income                                                    14,024

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.9

  Mean Income                                                    27,822

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.5

  Mean Income                                                    50,469

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                351,134

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                112,223

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.2

  Service (%)                                                      16.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.0

  Labor (%)                                                        14.1





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