Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Hanover township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,541

Household (median)                                               31,066

Family (median)                                                  33,945

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,421

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,144





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            36.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.6

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.8

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 91

  Elementary or High School                                         666

  College                                                           109



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.4

  High school grad (%)                                             76.6

  College grad (%)                                                 15.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,468

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.8

  Mean Income                                                    12,976

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.4

  Mean Income                                                    37,244

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.8

  Mean Income                                                    49,055

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    604

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    280

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.3

  Service (%)                                                      15.1

  Farming (%)                                                       3.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.6

  Labor (%)                                                        23.0





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