Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Findley township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,943

Household (median)                                               25,912

Family (median)                                                  27,708

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,205

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,624





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.6

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 28

  Elementary or High School                                         311

  College                                                           101



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.4

  High school grad (%)                                             70.6

  College grad (%)                                                 10.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    658

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.5

  Mean Income                                                    20,524

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.3

  Mean Income                                                    24,062

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.1

  Mean Income                                                    35,342

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    293

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    123

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.9

  Service (%)                                                      17.2

  Farming (%)                                                       3.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.1

  Labor (%)                                                        26.3





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