Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Hanover township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,212

Household (median)                                               30,268

Family (median)                                                  33,618

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,527

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,039





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                47.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.0

  Black                                                            46.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            15.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 29

  Elementary or High School                                         498

  College                                                           132



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.1

  High school grad (%)                                             68.9

  College grad (%)                                                 17.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,159

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.2

  Mean Income                                                    13,356

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.9

  Mean Income                                                    31,332

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.8

  Mean Income                                                    46,378

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    481

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    190

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.4

  Service (%)                                                       6.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.0

  Labor (%)                                                        27.4





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