Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Crawford

Municipality: North Shenango township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,231

Household (median)                                               19,926

Family (median)                                                  24,125

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,654

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,260





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            30.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            83.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 26.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                         120

  College                                                            28



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.6

  High school grad (%)                                             70.4

  College grad (%)                                                 13.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    300

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                38.0

  Mean Income                                                    18,677

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                18.5

  Mean Income                                                    29,286

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.5

  Mean Income                                                    37,514

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    146

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     52

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.3

  Service (%)                                                      19.3

  Farming (%)                                                       5.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.7

  Labor (%)                                                        29.7





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