Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Crawford

Municipality: West Shenango township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,734

Household (median)                                               22,321

Family (median)                                                  23,333

  Married couple families (mean)                                 25,869

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,532





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                58.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            25.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 37.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          94

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.3

  High school grad (%)                                             67.7

  College grad (%)                                                 10.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    193

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.1

  Mean Income                                                    16,797

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                40.7

  Mean Income                                                    21,096

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            42.1

  Mean Income                                                    32,658

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     88

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   15.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     26

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           11.4

  Service (%)                                                      23.8

  Farming (%)                                                      11.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.0

  Labor (%)                                                        22.3





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