Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Household Characteristics
2000 U.S. Census

Information from DP-1
(Profile of General Demographic Characteristics, 2000)

Notes: Group Quarters includes living quarters other than traditional housing units such as nursing homes, school dormitories, correctional institutions, military barracks, etc.

Single Parent is the number of single parent families of all families with children under the age of 18.

      Households with One Parent Household Households with Average      
Municipality Households Individuals <18 With Children under 18 Individuals >65 Household Size In Group Quarters
1990 2000 1990 2000 2000 % HH 1990 2000 2000 % HH <18 1990 2000 2000 % HH 1990 2000 1990 2000 2000 % Pop
City of Farrell 2,749 2,504 826 799 31.9% 403 403 50.4% 1,194 1,003 40.1% 2.49 2.37 0 114 1.9%
City of Hermitage 6,158 6,809 1,771 1,934 28.4% 385 441 22.8% 2,146 2,517 37.0% 2.43 2.32 310 355 2.2%
City of Sharon 7,186 6,791 2,231 2,129 31.4% 726 824 38.7% 2,517 2,100 30.9% 2.41 2.33 197 484 3.0%
Clark Borough 204 227 90 89 39.2% 4 7 7.9% 50 55 24.2% 2.99 2.79 0 0 0.0%
Fredonia Borough 245 252 105 95 37.7% 29 27 28.4% 50 64 25.4% 2.79 2.59 0 0 0.0%
Greenville Borough 2,628 2,464 784 742 30.1% 239 202 27.2% 849 764 31.0% 2.32 2.28 637 768 12.0%
Grove City Borough 2,634 2,575 724 708 27.5% 171 143 20.2% 1,000 887 34.4% 2.30 2.25 2,170 2,239 27.9%
Jackson Center Borough 93 81 35 34 42.0% 13 11 32.4% 31 18 22.2% 2.62 2.70 0 2 0.9%
Jamestown Borough 306 269 106 85 31.6% 26 20 23.5% 104 74 27.5% 2.49 2.36 0 0 0.0%
Mercer Borough 968 1,020 311 298 29.2% 89 104 34.9% 285 298 29.2% 2.44 2.24 78 104 4.3%
New Lebanon Borough 78 78 31 30 38.5% 7 6 20.0% 14 19 24.4% 2.68 2.63 0 0 0.0%
Sandy Lake Borough 301 298 97 112 37.6% 22 34 30.4% 91 89 29.9% 2.40 2.49 0 0 0.0%
Sharpsville Borough 1,958 1,912 603 583 30.5% 146 165 28.3% 743 691 36.1% 2.42 2.35 0 4 0.1%
Sheakleyville Borough 58 65 19 23 35.4% 3 2 8.7% 26 20 30.8% 2.50 2.52 0 0 0.0%
Stoneboro Borough 472 475 145 155 32.6% 37 33 21.3% 177 167 35.2% 2.31 2.32 0 0 0.0%
West Middlesex Borough 392 372 119 116 31.2% 26 27 23.3% 136 115 30.9% 2.49 2.47 7 9 1.0%
Wheatland Borough 361 349 74 76 21.8% 21 17 22.4% 157 155 44.4% 2.11 2.14 0 1 0.1%
Cities and Boroughs 26,791 26,541 8,071 8,008 30.2% 2,347 2,466 30.8% 9,570 9,036 34.0%     3,399 4,080 6.2%
Coolspring Township 725 818 254 284 34.7% 35 52 18.3% 173 203 24.8% 2.70 2.61 179 154 6.7%
Deer Creek Township 164 163 73 56 34.4% 10 5 8.9% 39 49 30.1% 3.13 2.80 0 9 1.9%
Delaware Township 746 806 270 275 34.1% 29 33 12.0% 175 215 26.7% 2.75 2.63 16 40 1.9%
East Lackawannock Township 562 584 209 205 35.1% 22 22 10.7% 134 160 27.4% 2.75 2.77 62 84 4.9%
Fairview Township 300 334 129 136 40.7% 13 18 13.2% 63 75 22.5% 3.03 3.10 0 0 0.0%
Findley Township 531 542 193 194 35.8% 27 26 13.4% 150 140 25.8% 2.69 2.56 856 915 39.7%
French Creek Township 279 280 106 103 36.8% 16 16 15.5% 67 59 21.1% 2.72 2.57 29 44 5.8%
Greene Township 449 452 171 139 30.8% 25 23 16.5% 121 129 28.5% 2.78 2.54 0 6 0.5%
Hempfield Township 1,461 1,590 450 463 29.1% 62 82 17.7% 488 584 36.7% 2.52 2.41 141 168 4.2%
Jackson Township 382 452 158 148 32.7% 15 24 16.2% 92 110 24.3% 2.85 2.67 0 0 0.0%
Jefferson Township 733 958 260 323 33.7% 39 67 20.7% 189 245 25.6% 2.73 2.52 0 0 0.0%
Lackawannock Township 906 909 394 340 37.4% 50 61 17.9% 182 211 23.2% 2.95 2.81 8 4 0.2%
Lake Township 209 232 92 97 41.8% 13 8 8.2% 57 64 27.6% 3.11 3.04 0 0 0.0%
Liberty Township 465 492 173 177 36.0% 21 23 13.0% 112 119 24.2% 2.63 2.58 0 6 0.5%
Mill Creek Township 213 243 84 88 36.2% 12 14 15.9% 55 63 25.9% 2.84 2.59 0 10 1.6%
New Vernon Township 179 193 66 70 36.3% 9 13 18.6% 44 52 26.9% 2.75 2.72 0 0 0.0%
Otter Creek Township 218 229 79 84 36.7% 4 11 13.1% 49 55 24.0% 2.67 2.67 0 0 0.0%
Perry Township 536 581 207 185 31.8% 29 26 14.1% 124 158 27.2% 2.74 2.53 0 0 0.0%
Pine Township 1,427 1,538 486 537 34.9% 56 91 16.9% 397 434 28.2% 2.61 2.57 475 543 12.1%
Pymatuning Township 1,429 1,519 608 589 38.8% 209 221 37.5% 307 374 24.6% 2.61 2.49 0 6 0.2%
Salem Township 248 295 100 95 32.2% 12 15 15.8% 56 72 24.4% 2.73 2.59 0 6 0.8%
Sandy Creek Township 295 324 116 94 29.0% 11 11 11.7% 78 94 29.0% 2.73 2.58 0 12 1.4%
Sandy Lake Township 431 499 157 164 32.9% 25 27 16.5% 111 141 28.3% 2.69 2.50 0 0 0.0%
Shenango Township 1,630 1,637 580 520 31.8% 91 113 21.7% 386 473 28.9% 2.66 2.47 0 0 0.0%
South Pymatuning Township 1,051 1,131 343 364 32.2% 40 43 11.8% 326 372 32.9% 2.64 2.53 0 0 0.0%
Springfield Township 661 717 282 270 37.7% 42 33 12.2% 167 172 24.0% 2.86 2.74 0 6 0.3%
Sugar Grove Township 379 363 118 112 30.9% 12 22 19.6% 95 112 30.9% 2.60 2.50 0 0 0.0%
West Salem Township 1,265 1,314 440 407 31.0% 65 77 18.9% 368 446 33.9% 2.64 2.51 213 269 7.5%
Wilmington Township 371 380 169 141 37.1% 10 16 11.3% 93 106 27.9% 3.17 2.91 0 0 0.0%
Wolf Creek Township 236 277 89 101 36.5% 14 19 18.8% 49 58 20.9% 2.77 2.63 0 0 0.0%
Worth Township 319 319 116 114 35.7% 17 18 15.8% 90 91 28.5% 2.84 2.60 0 0 0.0%
Townships 18,800 20171 6,972 6,875 34.1% 1,035 1,230 17.9% 4,837 5,636 27.9%     1,979 2,282 4.2%
Mercer County 45,591 46,712 15,043 14,883 31.9% 3,382 3,696 24.8% 14,407 14,672 31.4% 2.54 2.44 5,378 6,362 5.3%
Pennsylvania 4,495,966 4,777,003 2,782,451 1,559,281 32.6% 512,479 387,737 24.9% 1,718,160 1,328,237 27.8% 2.57 2.48 348,424 433,301 3.5%