Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: North Charleroi borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,715

Household (median)                                               18,311

Family (median)                                                  24,583

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,312

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,810





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            42.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.4

  Black                                                            44.4

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            69.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 27.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         237

  College                                                            62



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.7

  High school grad (%)                                             66.3

  College grad (%)                                                 15.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    517

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.9

  Mean Income                                                    14,008

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.7

  Mean Income                                                    24,731

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            44.4

  Mean Income                                                    43,943

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    249

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     79

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.3

  Service (%)                                                      16.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.0

  Labor (%)                                                        17.2





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