Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Hopewell township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,091

Household (median)                                               29,830

Family (median)                                                  34,162

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,212

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,996





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                90.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            38.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.3

  Black                                                            73.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            67.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                121

  Elementary or High School                                       1,738

  College                                                           711



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.8

  High school grad (%)                                             76.2

  College grad (%)                                                 21.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,972

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.3

  Mean Income                                                    22,049

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.1

  Mean Income                                                    32,111

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.6

  Mean Income                                                    44,969

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,001

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    833

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.9

  Service (%)                                                      17.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.5

  Labor (%)                                                        11.7





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