Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Pymatuning township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,661

Household (median)                                               20,500

Family (median)                                                  25,689

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,089

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,011





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                86.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.3

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 26.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 37

  Elementary or High School                                         699

  College                                                           171



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.3

  High school grad (%)                                             75.7

  College grad (%)                                                 12.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,504

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.5

  Mean Income                                                    13,804

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.3

  Mean Income                                                    23,780

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.1

  Mean Income                                                    37,390

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    735

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    354

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.2

  Service (%)                                                      19.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.1

  Labor (%)                                                        25.2





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