Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Venango

Municipality: Franklin city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,501

Household (median)                                               20,482

Family (median)                                                  24,893

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,340

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,451





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            68.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            18.8

  Black                                                            34.3

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            83.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 30.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                127

  Elementary or High School                                       1,296

  College                                                           223



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.0

  High school grad (%)                                             76.0

  College grad (%)                                                 18.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,955

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 39.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.0

  Mean Income                                                    16,925

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.6

  Mean Income                                                    23,481

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.4

  Mean Income                                                    42,582

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,578

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    704

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.4

  Service (%)                                                      23.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.8

  Labor (%)                                                        15.7





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