Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Crawford

Municipality: Sparta township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,635

Household (median)                                               24,559

Family (median)                                                  26,250

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,923

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,109





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            18.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                86.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            15.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            23.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                27.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            43.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 31.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         395

  College                                                            28



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              46.5

  High school grad (%)                                             53.5

  College grad (%)                                                  8.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    547

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.2

  Mean Income                                                    10,174

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.2

  Mean Income                                                    26,856

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.6

  Mean Income                                                    37,505

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    208

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     85

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    7.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           15.2

  Service (%)                                                      14.3

  Farming (%)                                                      15.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.7

  Labor (%)                                                        34.2





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