Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Jefferson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,885

Household (median)                                               23,419

Family (median)                                                  29,306

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,017

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,148





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            23.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.9

  Black                                                            20.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            51.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 26

  Elementary or High School                                         396

  College                                                            98



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.7

  High school grad (%)                                             75.3

  College grad (%)                                                 16.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    740

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.5

  Mean Income                                                    14,872

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.3

  Mean Income                                                    31,389

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.2

  Mean Income                                                    39,962

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    318

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    138

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.7

  Labor (%)                                                        19.5





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