Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Mount Pleasant township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,426

Household (median)                                               28,080

Family (median)                                                  30,962

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,051

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,748





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            53.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 29

  Elementary or High School                                         249

  College                                                            49



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.7

  High school grad (%)                                             76.3

  College grad (%)                                                 21.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    707

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.6

  Mean Income                                                    19,134

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.5

  Mean Income                                                    29,593

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.9

  Mean Income                                                    40,278

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    306

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    138

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.2

  Service (%)                                                      15.8

  Farming (%)                                                       7.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.3

  Labor (%)                                                        27.0





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