Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Jeannette city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,315

Household (median)                                               18,482

Family (median)                                                  25,007

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,135

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,425





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            63.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.1

  Black                                                            45.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                244

  Elementary or High School                                       1,649

  College                                                           498



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.9

  High school grad (%)                                             68.1

  College grad (%)                                                 13.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,430

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.9

  Mean Income                                                    15,099

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.8

  Mean Income                                                    26,758

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.3

  Mean Income                                                    38,488

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,207

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    787

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.9

  Service (%)                                                      17.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.2

  Labor (%)                                                        19.2





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