Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Huntington

Municipality: Mount Union borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,474

Household (median)                                               16,067

Family (median)                                                  22,821

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,619

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,621





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            19.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            76.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            23.5

  Black                                                            16.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                20.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            85.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 34.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 25

  Elementary or High School                                         507

  College                                                            90



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.9

  High school grad (%)                                             65.1

  College grad (%)                                                 12.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,049

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.9

  Mean Income                                                    15,536

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.3

  Mean Income                                                    16,267

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            42.8

  Mean Income                                                    36,195

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    576

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    233

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.3

  Service (%)                                                      16.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.0

  Labor (%)                                                        30.7





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