Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: French Creek township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,777

Household (median)                                               25,819

Family (median)                                                  27,222

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,720

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,158





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            36.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            36.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                         135

  College                                                            27



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.4

  High school grad (%)                                             73.6

  College grad (%)                                                 14.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    345

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.1

  Mean Income                                                    14,152

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.3

  Mean Income                                                    22,358

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.6

  Mean Income                                                    36,522

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    151

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     66

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.2

  Farming (%)                                                       8.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.5

  Labor (%)                                                        21.2





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