Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Raccoon township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,170

Household (median)                                               30,726

Family (median)                                                  34,734

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,437

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,936





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            85.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 63

  Elementary or High School                                         573

  College                                                           124



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.4

  High school grad (%)                                             81.6

  College grad (%)                                                 19.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,496

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.5

  Mean Income                                                    16,607

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                38.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,370

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.4

  Mean Income                                                    47,525

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    659

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    251

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.6

  Service (%)                                                      13.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.0

  Labor (%)                                                        27.5





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