Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Mercer
Municipality: Jackson township
INCOME
Per Capita 11,094
Household (median) 27,188
Family (median) 29,934
Married couple families (mean) 35,192
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 16,216
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 8.5
Families w/children in poverty (%) 84.6
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 18.2
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 12.2
Black 100.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 8.3
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 20.0
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 22.7
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 24
Elementary or High School 192
College 28
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 29.9
High school grad (%) 70.1
College grad (%) 17.1
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 463
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 21.6
Employed in service industry (%) 30.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.9
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 12.7
Mean Income 16,412
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 34.2
Mean Income 30,158
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 53.1
Mean Income 40,313
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 192
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.8
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 86
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.7
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 22.9
Sales and suppport (%) 22.0
Service (%) 13.8
Farming (%) 4.8
Craft and Repair (%) 16.8
Labor (%) 19.7
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