Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: New Florence borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,841

Household (median)                                               19,063

Family (median)                                                  21,736

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,484

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,181





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            27.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            43.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            32.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 60.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         172

  College                                                            34



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.2

  High school grad (%)                                             72.8

  College grad (%)                                                 13.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    247

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            6.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         18.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                26.3

  Mean Income                                                    15,398

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.2

  Mean Income                                                    22,037

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            41.6

  Mean Income                                                    34,895

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    148

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   20.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     67

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.7

  Service (%)                                                      19.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.0

  Labor (%)                                                        17.0





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