Population Characteristics - Armstrong

Total Population Size: 65,558

  • % Increase or Decrease Over Last 10 Years: -4.9%

Race Percentages

  • White alone: 96.7%
  • Black or African American Alone: 0.68%
  • Asian Alone: 0.244%
  • Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders: 0.02%
  • Hispanic or Latino: 0.75%
  • White alone, not Hispanic or Latino: 95.1%
  • Biracial and Other: 3.3%

Median Age: 47.3 Years

Percentage of Veterans: 9.3%

High School and College Graduate Percentages

  • High School Graduates: 49.2%
  • College Graduates: 17.5%

Workforce Data - Armstrong

Total Labor Force Size: 29,900

County’s Unemployment Rate: 5.4%

Mean Hourly Wage: $24.5

Median Household Income: $54,039

Percentage Living Below the Poverty Line: 11.1%

Top 5 Occupations in the County - Armstrong

  1. Production Occupations
  2. Office & Administrative Support Occupations
  3. Construction & Extraction Occupations
  4. Sales & Related Occupations
  5. Management Occupations

Top 5 Employers in the County - Armstrong

  1. Armstrong County Memorial Hospital

865 employees

Nurses went on Strike in 2022 due to lack of contracts

  1. Armstrong School District, Ford City

643 employees

  1. Wal-Mart

300 employees

  1. Rosebud Mining Company

Laid off 430 employees due to decreased demand in coal in 2022. Recently, the mining company had been in pursuit of opening two mining locations in Indian County and moved application to the county hearing, to which former Indian Borough Councilwoman Sara Stwart testified that “Rosebud Mining is not a responsible, environmentally aware company and should not be allowed to conduct operations anywhere near public waterways or groundwater…To allow this company to extract short-term financial gains for themselves with potentially irreversible damage to this popular recreational area would be a tragic and entirely preventable mistake.”

  1. Armstrong County

500 employees

Population Characteristics - Indiana

Total Population Size: 83,246

  • % Increase or Decrease Over Last 10 Years: -6.3%

Race Percentages

  • White alone: 91.6%
  • Black or African American Alone: 3.0%
  • Asian Alone: 0.98%
  • Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders: 0.01%
  • Hispanic or Latino: 1.77%
  • White alone, not Hispanic or Latino: 90.9%
  • Biracial and Other: 4.2%

Median Age: 40.8 years

Percentage of Veterans: 8.1%

High School and College Graduate Percentages

  • High School Graduates: 41.5%
  • College Graduates: 14.2%

Workforce Data - Indiana

Total Labor Force Size: 35,864

County’s Unemployment Rate: 6.0%

Mean Hourly Wage: $24.1

Median Household Income: $49,270

Percentage Living Below the Poverty Line: 15.2%

Top 5 Occupations in the County - Indiana

  1. Office & Administrative Support Occupations 
  2. Sales & Related Occupations
  3. Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations
  4. Management Occupations
  5. Construction & Extraction Occupations

Top 5 Employers in the County - Indiana

  1. Indiana University of Pennsylvania

1,400 employees

IUP Pre-med students from Indiana county complete their internships at IRMC 

  1. Indiana Regional Medical Center (IRMC)

1,200 employees

  1. Diamond Drugs, Inc.

1,000 employees

Frequently makes donations to the community organizations, frequently partners with county agencies to help with healthcare events.

  1. NRG Energy

720 employees

Homer City plant laid off 43 employees in 2021. Seward plant, being operated by NRG Maintenance Services LLC, paid $108,000 in civil penalties after entering into a consent agreement with DEP.

  1. S&T Bank

560 employees

Recognized by Forbes as one of the ‘world’s best banks’ in 2019; has a Youth Legion baseball team. Donated to TEC in August 2022.