Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Coolspring township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,005

Household (median)                                               28,854

Family (median)                                                  31,364

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,531

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,204





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         341

  College                                                            84



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.0

  High school grad (%)                                             71.0

  College grad (%)                                                 21.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    923

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,628

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.9

  Mean Income                                                    31,312

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.9

  Mean Income                                                    44,152

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    399

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    127

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.8

  Service (%)                                                      17.1

  Farming (%)                                                       5.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.2

  Labor (%)                                                        19.6





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