Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Huntington

Municipality: Hopewell township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,535

Household (median)                                               21,364

Family (median)                                                  25,938

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,125

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           4,176





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            36.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.4

  Black                                                            66.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                24.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            72.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                          94

  College                                                             6



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.7

  High school grad (%)                                             65.3

  College grad (%)                                                 17.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    198

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.7

  Mean Income                                                    15,578

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.7

  Mean Income                                                    22,923

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.7

  Mean Income                                                    39,969

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     93

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     48

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           14.1

  Service (%)                                                       5.6

  Farming (%)                                                       4.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.7

  Labor (%)                                                        40.9





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