Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Jamestown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,628

Household (median)                                               23,750

Family (median)                                                  26,563

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,223

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,419





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            57.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            37.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  7

  Elementary or High School                                         149

  College                                                            17



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.3

  High school grad (%)                                             68.8

  College grad (%)                                                 14.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    297

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                26.6

  Mean Income                                                    14,647

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.1

  Mean Income                                                    24,461

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.3

  Mean Income                                                    35,716

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    141

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     60

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.2

  Service (%)                                                      17.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.8

  Labor (%)                                                        27.9





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