Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Hookstown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,302

Household (median)                                               18,594

Family (median)                                                  26,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,192

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                          24

  College                                                             7



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              43.0

  High school grad (%)                                             57.0

  College grad (%)                                                  5.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     83

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 42.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          0.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                23.1

  Mean Income                                                    10,389

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,315

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.1

  Mean Income                                                    38,876

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     40

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     10

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.5

  Service (%)                                                      13.3

  Farming (%)                                                       6.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.9

  Labor (%)                                                        19.3





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