Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Sharon city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,578

Household (median)                                               20,711

Family (median)                                                  25,697

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,856

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,972





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.3

  Black                                                            32.7

  Other race                                                       17.8

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 27.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                318

  Elementary or High School                                       2,715

  College                                                           723



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.4

  High school grad (%)                                             73.6

  College grad (%)                                                 15.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  6,504

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.1

  Mean Income                                                    17,045

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.7

  Mean Income                                                    28,069

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.2

  Mean Income                                                    40,263

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,180

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,154

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.5

  Service (%)                                                      17.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.4

  Labor (%)                                                        21.0





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