Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Sharpsville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,741

Household (median)                                               23,136

Family (median)                                                  29,609

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,396

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,499





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                89.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            80.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.6

  Black                                                            84.1

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            72.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                125

  Elementary or High School                                         647

  College                                                           220



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.6

  High school grad (%)                                             77.4

  College grad (%)                                                 20.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,977

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.3

  Mean Income                                                    18,558

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.0

  Mean Income                                                    34,621

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.7

  Mean Income                                                    39,721

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    990

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    382

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.7

  Service (%)                                                      17.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.1

  Labor (%)                                                        21.3





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