Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Huntington

Municipality: Mapleton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,576

Household (median)                                               19,196

Family (median)                                                  24,444

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,180

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,655





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            31.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 22.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          96

  College                                                             5



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.3

  High school grad (%)                                             68.8

  College grad (%)                                                  9.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    220

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.8

  Mean Income                                                    13,160

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.5

  Mean Income                                                    23,157

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.7

  Mean Income                                                    31,503

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    109

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     47

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.1

  Service (%)                                                      22.3

  Farming (%)                                                       3.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.7

  Labor (%)                                                        28.2





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