Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Bentleyville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,632

Household (median)                                               18,080

Family (median)                                                  23,902

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,589

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,054





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            18.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            72.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            20.6

  Black                                                            58.6

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            68.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 33.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 37

  Elementary or High School                                         418

  College                                                           110



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.7

  High school grad (%)                                             65.3

  College grad (%)                                                 11.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    830

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                33.2

  Mean Income                                                    14,519

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.9

  Mean Income                                                    26,268

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            34.9

  Mean Income                                                    38,632

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    386

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   13.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    172

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.5

  Service (%)                                                      15.5

  Farming (%)                                                       2.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.0

  Labor (%)                                                        22.2





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