Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Mount Pleasant township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,842

Household (median)                                               30,193

Family (median)                                                  32,177

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,578

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,432





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            30.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.2

  Black                                                            35.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                17.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            42.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 64

  Elementary or High School                                         607

  College                                                            71



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.1

  High school grad (%)                                             79.9

  College grad (%)                                                 15.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,643

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.2

  Mean Income                                                    18,051

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.1

  Mean Income                                                    28,767

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.7

  Mean Income                                                    48,309

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    714

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    269

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.3

  Service (%)                                                      11.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.5

  Labor (%)                                                        21.9





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