Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Jefferson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,567

Household (median)                                               27,115

Family (median)                                                  30,327

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,842

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,090





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                63.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            70.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.3

  Black                                                            33.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            76.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 36

  Elementary or High School                                         328

  College                                                            82



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.7

  High school grad (%)                                             73.3

  College grad (%)                                                 12.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    891

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.3

  Mean Income                                                    17,722

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.6

  Mean Income                                                    26,327

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.1

  Mean Income                                                    40,097

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    391

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    134

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.1

  Service (%)                                                      17.2

  Farming (%)                                                       2.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.9

  Labor (%)                                                        24.9





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