Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Disability Characteristics
2000 U.S. Census

Information from DP-2
(Profile of Selected Social Characteristics, 2000)

  2000 Disability Status of Noninstitutionalized Population
Municipality Population 5-20 years With a Disability % With a Disability Population 21-64 years With a Disability % With a Disability % Employed Population 65 years + With a Disability % with a Disability
City of Farrell 1,425 104 7.3% 2,863 811 28.3% 42.8% 1,371 615 44.9%
City of Hermitage 3,174 216 6.8% 8,335 1,269 15.2% 53.7% 3,582 1,191 33.2%
City of Sharon 3,494 399 11.4% 8,619 2,245 26.0% 45.3% 2,782 1,208 43.4%
Clark Borough 134 3 2.2% 373 42 11.3% 59.5% 94 30 31.9%
Fredonia Borough 183 12 6.6% 343 51 14.9% 60.8% 91 28 30.8%
Greenville Borough 1,518 192 12.6% 3,376 514 15.2% 49.8% 1,021 386 37.8%
Grove City Borough 2,449 147 6.0% 3,854 329 8.5% 48.0% 1,195 384 32.1%
Jackson Center Borough 55 3 5.5% 133 11 8.3% 72.7% 22 4 18.2%
Jamestown Borough 140 11 7.9% 354 82 23.2% 57.3% 89 31 34.8%
Mercer Borough 483 21 4.3% 1,261 182 14.4% 56.6% 398 124 31.2%
New Lebanon Borough 29 6 20.7% 129 33 25.6% 48.5% 23 7 30.4%
Sandy Lake Borough 189 16 8.5% 398 86 21.6% 66.3% 121 43 35.5%
Sharpsville Borough 891 34 3.8% 2,445 359 14.7% 49.9% 920 358 38.9%
Sheakleyville Borough 35 2 5.7% 83 19 22.9% 63.2% 32 13 40.6%
Stoneboro Borough 203 20 9.9% 602 152 25.2% 73.0% 215 97 45.1%
West Middlesex Borough 208 14 6.7% 514 120 23.3% 61.7% 157 64 40.8%
Wheatland Borough 127 1 0.8% 401 88 21.9% 42.0% 166 75 45.2%
Cities and Boroughs 14,737 1,201 8.1% 34,083 6,393 18.8%   12,279 4,658 37.9%
Coolspring Township 438 52 11.9% 1,262 219 17.4% 40.6% 421 216 51.3%
Deer Creek Township 102 1 1.0% 274 34 12.4% 41.2% 78 30 38.5%
Delaware Township 451 33 7.3% 1,244 178 14.3% 55.1% 302 85 28.1%
East Lackawannock Township 350 5 1.4% 921 155 16.8% 58.7% 217 83 38.2%
Fairview Township 306 18 5.9% 549 110 20.0% 62.7% 117 43 36.8%
Findley Township 297 13 4.4% 826 112 13.6% 51.8% 196 40 20.4%
French Creek Township 162 13 8.0% 419 83 19.8% 44.6% 74 33 44.6%
Greene Township 206 21 10.2% 706 116 16.4% 51.7% 197 78 39.6%
Hempfield Township 779 55 7.1% 2,046 252 12.3% 40.5% 872 314 36.0%
Jackson Township 276 9 3.3% 695 124 17.8% 53.2% 145 61 42.1%
Jefferson Township 503 49 9.7% 1,406 315 22.4% 54.3% 348 111 31.9%
Lackawannock Township 630 70 11.1% 1,436 347 24.2% 62.2% 291 107 36.8%
Lake Township 186 22 11.8% 361 53 14.7% 73.6% 90 25 27.8%
Liberty Township 261 15 5.7% 758 91 12.0% 67.0% 162 67 41.4%
Mill Creek Township 140 8 5.7% 363 78 21.5% 65.4% 93 44 47.3%
New Vernon Township 133 7 5.3% 292 49 16.8% 53.1% 70 36 51.4%
Otter Creek Township 143 10 7.0% 352 43 12.2% 46.5% 87 16 18.4%
Perry Township 338 25 7.4% 832 182 21.9% 61.5% 240 50 20.8%
Pine Township 886 14 1.6% 2,319 331 14.3% 57.1% 576 204 35.4%
Pymatuning Township 902 79 8.8% 2,090 557 26.7% 53.7% 516 230 44.6%
Salem Township 150 9 6.0% 458 93 20.3% 55.9% 94 52 55.3%
Sandy Creek Township 181 3 1.7% 493 94 19.1% 67.0% 132 52 39.4%
Sandy Lake Township 241 13 5.4% 730 95 13.0% 56.8% 194 56 28.9%
Shenango Township 819 64 7.8% 2,305 302 13.1% 63.6% 690 205 29.7%
South Pymatuning Township 559 36 6.4% 1,634 268 16.4% 68.7% 511 217 42.5%
Springfield Township 416 22 5.3% 1,162 115 9.9% 41.7% 237 76 32.1%
Sugar Grove Township 182 25 13.7% 505 66 13.1% 51.5% 168 59 35.1%
West Salem Township 697 70 10.0% 1,825 278 15.2% 56.5% 645 209 32.4%
Wilmington Township 316 26 8.2% 571 99 17.3% 63.6% 145 41 28.3%
Wolf Creek Township 168 5 3.0% 443 101 22.8% 71.3% 76 28 36.8%
Worth Township 174 2 1.1% 480 71 14.8% 69.0% 144 40 27.8%
Townships 11,392 794 7.0% 29,757 5,011 16.8%   8,128 2,908 35.8%
Mercer County 26,129 1,995 7.6% 63,840 11,404 17.9% 52.6% 20,407 7,566 37.1%
Pennsylvania 2,689,895 202,259 7.5% 6,837,268 1,196,717 17.5% 54.8% 1,809,320 712,795 39.4%