Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Mount Pleasant township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,671

Household (median)                                               30,596

Family (median)                                                  33,004

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,952

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,753





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            24.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 43

  Elementary or High School                                         733

  College                                                           137



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.0

  High school grad (%)                                             68.0

  College grad (%)                                                 10.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,230

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.3

  Mean Income                                                    24,833

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.9

  Mean Income                                                    24,872

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.8

  Mean Income                                                    45,752

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,102

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    408

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.9

  Service (%)                                                      10.5

  Farming (%)                                                       4.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.9

  Labor (%)                                                        28.8





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