Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Canonsburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,157

Household (median)                                               22,015

Family (median)                                                  28,667

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,502

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,424





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            67.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.0

  Black                                                            47.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            76.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 22.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                116

  Elementary or High School                                       1,247

  College                                                           408



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.0

  High school grad (%)                                             66.0

  College grad (%)                                                 14.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,956

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,785

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.5

  Mean Income                                                    24,982

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.8

  Mean Income                                                    41,061

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,016

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    691

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.0

  Service (%)                                                      21.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.8

  Labor (%)                                                        15.1





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