Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Venango

Municipality: Oil City city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,658

Household (median)                                               20,411

Family (median)                                                  25,737

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,810

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,402





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            56.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.8

  Black                                                            71.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 28.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                260

  Elementary or High School                                       1,860

  College                                                           458



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.1

  High school grad (%)                                             76.9

  College grad (%)                                                 17.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,620

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.8

  Mean Income                                                    20,158

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.5

  Mean Income                                                    27,200

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.8

  Mean Income                                                    37,496

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,170

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    886

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.8

  Service (%)                                                      17.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.4

  Labor (%)                                                        18.6





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