Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: North Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,414

Household (median)                                               19,191

Family (median)                                                  23,945

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,177

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,534





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            65.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.5

  Black                                                            38.5

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                132

  Elementary or High School                                       2,200

  College                                                           574



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.0

  High school grad (%)                                             69.0

  College grad (%)                                                 11.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,966

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         13.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.0

  Mean Income                                                    13,608

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.3

  Mean Income                                                    24,380

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            41.7

  Mean Income                                                    36,661

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,570

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,106

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.6

  Service (%)                                                      13.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.4

  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