Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Shenango township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,884

Household (median)                                               33,160

Family (median)                                                  35,931

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,061

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,573





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            81.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            76.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 74

  Elementary or High School                                         685

  College                                                           148



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.1

  High school grad (%)                                             76.9

  College grad (%)                                                 17.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,149

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.0

  Mean Income                                                    20,840

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.8

  Mean Income                                                    31,141

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.1

  Mean Income                                                    48,688

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    942

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    383

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.7

  Service (%)                                                       8.9

  Farming (%)                                                       2.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.2

  Labor (%)                                                        25.0





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