Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Education Characteristics
2000 U.S. Census

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

      2000 Educational Attainment
Municipality School Enrollment < 9th % < 9th 9th- 12th % 9th- 12th High School Graduate % High School Graduate Some College, No Degree % Some College, No Degree Associate Degree % Associate Degree Bachelor's Degree % Bachelor's Degree Graduate or Professional Degree % Graduate or Professional Degree
1990 2000 Grade Grade Grade Grade
City of Farrell 1,377 1,471 328 8.1% 677 16.8% 1,702 42.2% 652 16.2% 246 6.1% 301 7.5% 128 3.2%
City of Hermitage 3,098 3,472 424 3.6% 1,124 9.5% 4,664 39.6% 1,995 16.9% 579 4.9% 1,763 15.0% 1,225 10.4%
City of Sharon 3,756 3,650 571 5.2% 1,677 15.1% 4,877 44.0% 1,748 15.8% 569 5.1% 1,158 10.5% 480 4.3%
Clark Borough 136 154 11 2.4% 43 9.5% 183 40.2% 70 15.4% 27 5.9% 78 17.1% 43 9.5%
Fredonia Borough 171 172 14 3.3% 62 14.8% 219 52.4% 65 15.6% 17 4.1% 28 6.7% 13 3.1%
Greenville Borough 1,978 1,982 137 3.5% 572 14.7% 1,575 40.4% 727 18.6% 231 5.9% 397 10.2% 263 6.7%
Grove City Borough 3,316 3,512 170 4.1% 388 9.3% 1,447 34.8% 696 16.7% 174 4.2% 685 16.5% 596 14.3%
Jackson Center Borough 44 57 10 6.8% 28 18.9% 71 48.0% 17 11.5% 4 2.7% 10 6.8% 8 5.4%
Jamestown Borough 173 146 10 2.4% 66 15.6% 200 47.4% 73 17.3% 27 6.4% 25 5.9% 21 5.0%
Mercer Borough 578 533 44 2.7% 247 15.0% 637 38.7% 195 11.9% 135 8.2% 234 14.2% 152 9.2%
New Lebanon Borough 27 32 16 11.8% 18 13.2% 74 54.4% 19 14.0% 4 2.9% 2 1.5% 3 2.2%
Sandy Lake Borough 189 199 19 4.0% 69 14.4% 215 44.9% 82 17.1% 23 4.8% 63 13.2% 8 1.7%
Sharpsville Borough 992 997 136 4.2% 394 12.2% 1,364 42.3% 556 17.3% 235 7.3% 386 12.0% 151 4.7%
Sheakleyville Borough 31 45 13 12.1% 14 13.1% 55 51.4% 9 8.4% 5 4.7% 7 6.5% 4 3.7%
Stoneboro Borough 230 195 32 4.2% 66 8.7% 441 57.8% 104 13.6% 32 4.2% 62 8.1% 26 3.4%
West Middlesex Borough 191 227 15 2.3% 91 14.2% 332 51.9% 88 13.8% 34 5.3% 57 8.9% 23 3.6%
Wheatland Borough 89 126 36 6.5% 112 20.2% 269 48.5% 76 13.7% 25 4.5% 32 5.8% 5 0.9%
Cities and Boroughs 16,376 16,970 1,986 3.0% 5,648 8.6% 18,325 27.8% 7,172 10.9% 2,367 3.6% 5,288 8.0% 3,149 4.8%
Coolspring Township 448 525 116 7.2% 169 10.5% 718 44.4% 184 11.4% 112 6.9% 195 12.1% 123 7.6%
Deer Creek Township 115 90 36 10.7% 47 13.9% 182 54.0% 39 11.6% 13 3.9% 9 2.7% 11 3.3%
Delaware Township 475 455 54 3.6% 110 7.3% 924 61.1% 179 11.8% 67 4.4% 136 9.0% 42 2.8%
East Lackawannock Township 325 357 83 7.1% 171 14.6% 483 41.1% 170 14.5% 69 5.9% 141 12.0% 58 4.9%
Fairview Township 225 267 70 11.1% 83 13.2% 304 48.2% 66 10.5% 33 5.2% 47 7.4% 28 4.4%
Findley Township 440 587 92 5.1% 382 21.0% 654 35.9% 372 20.4% 120 6.6% 152 8.4% 48 2.6%
French Creek Township 182 159 33 6.4% 79 15.3% 261 50.7% 58 11.3% 26 5.0% 47 9.1% 11 2.1%
Greene Township 280 223 41 4.9% 77 9.2% 458 54.7% 119 14.2% 41 4.9% 53 6.3% 49 5.8%
Hempfield Township 796 820 114 3.9% 298 10.2% 1,396 47.8% 410 14.0% 131 4.5% 359 12.3% 213 7.3%
Jackson Township 244 257 54 7.0% 85 11.0% 323 41.6% 137 17.7% 49 6.3% 85 11.0% 43 5.5%
Jefferson Township 446 553 31 1.8% 165 9.8% 961 56.9% 232 13.7% 111 6.6% 141 8.4% 47 2.8%
Lackawannock Township 543 607 193 11.9% 197 12.2% 726 44.9% 181 11.2% 115 7.1% 145 9.0% 61 3.8%
Lake Township 158 169 42 10.0% 44 10.5% 215 51.3% 47 11.2% 14 3.3% 42 10.0% 15 3.6%
Liberty Township 309 287 20 2.3% 77 8.8% 375 42.8% 118 13.5% 49 5.6% 156 17.8% 81 9.2%
Mill Creek Township 127 136 19 4.3% 54 12.3% 256 58.2% 50 11.4% 15 3.4% 38 8.6% 8 1.8%
New Vernon Township 119 128 4 1.2% 55 15.9% 176 50.9% 43 12.4% 25 7.2% 32 9.2% 11 3.2%
Otter Creek Township 126 148 16 3.8% 54 12.8% 228 53.9% 45 10.6% 23 5.4% 32 7.6% 25 5.9%
Perry Township 357 336 51 4.9% 124 12.0% 586 56.6% 112 10.8% 49 4.7% 73 7.1% 40 3.9%
Pine Township 1,142 1,240 137 4.8% 301 10.6% 1,335 47.1% 309 10.9% 113 4.0% 430 15.2% 210 7.4%
Pymatuning Township 907 924 92 3.7% 288 11.6% 1,319 53.1% 284 11.4% 170 6.8% 260 10.5% 70 2.8%
Salem Township 130 146 36 6.8% 54 10.2% 299 56.4% 61 11.5% 27 5.1% 41 7.7% 12 2.3%
Sandy Creek Township 210 175 55 9.1% 75 12.4% 332 55.0% 52 8.6% 33 5.5% 48 7.9% 9 1.5%
Sandy Lake Township 284 267 35 3.9% 67 7.5% 474 53.4% 134 15.1% 49 5.5% 80 9.0% 49 5.5%
Shenango Township 907 888 89 3.1% 319 11.2% 1,352 47.3% 462 16.2% 175 6.1% 336 11.8% 125 4.4%
South Pymatuning Township 658 630 67 3.2% 162 7.8% 980 47.1% 370 17.8% 141 6.8% 252 12.1% 110 5.3%
Springfield Township 471 434 86 6.6% 159 12.2% 628 48.1% 189 14.5% 47 3.6% 126 9.6% 71 5.4%
Sugar Grove Township 240 182 29 4.5% 100 15.5% 341 52.8% 87 13.5% 24 3.7% 48 7.4% 17 2.6%
West Salem Township 848 778 140 5.4% 351 13.5% 1,418 54.6% 313 12.1% 88 3.4% 221 8.5% 64 2.5%
Wilmington Township 291 286 104 16.1% 35 5.4% 214 33.2% 95 14.7% 42 6.5% 87 13.5% 68 10.5%
Wolf Creek Township 195 158 27 5.3% 49 9.7% 242 47.8% 105 20.8% 29 5.7% 42 8.3% 12 2.4%
Worth Township 220 196 23 3.8% 42 7.0% 338 56.4% 90 15.0% 35 5.8% 49 8.2% 22 3.7%
Townships 12,218 12,408 1,989 3.7% 4,273 7.9% 18,498 34.0% 5,113 9.4% 2,035 3.7% 3,903 7.2% 1,753 3.2%
Mercer County 28,594 29,378 3,975 4.9% 9,921 12.2% 36,823 45.2% 12,285 15.1% 4,402 5.4% 9,191 11.3% 4,902 6.0%
Pennsylvania 2,829,553 3,135,934 452,069 5.5% 1,044,036 12.6% 3,150,013 38.1% 1,284,731 15.5% 487,804 5.9% 1,153,383 14.0% 694,248 8.4%