Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Oklahoma borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,997

Household (median)                                               26,382

Family (median)                                                  30,125

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,990

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,435





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            47.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            76.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 22.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         150

  College                                                            28



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.5

  High school grad (%)                                             77.5

  College grad (%)                                                 21.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    405

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.3

  Mean Income                                                    17,208

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.3

  Mean Income                                                    28,243

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.3

  Mean Income                                                    39,626

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    211

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     87

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.4

  Service (%)                                                      12.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        20.0





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