Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Venango

Municipality: Mineral township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,796

Household (median)                                               24,583

Family (median)                                                  30,625

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,808

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,550





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                23.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            21.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                          85

  College                                                            25



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.7

  High school grad (%)                                             69.3

  College grad (%)                                                  9.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    216

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.6

  Mean Income                                                    14,445

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.1

  Mean Income                                                    23,498

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.4

  Mean Income                                                    42,504

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     90

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     38

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.1

  Service (%)                                                      19.0

  Farming (%)                                                       2.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.3

  Labor (%)                                                        25.5





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