Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Social Characteristics
2000 U.S. Census

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

 

2000 Marital Status

2000 Grandparents as Caregivers

2000 Veteran Status

Municipality

Never Married

% Never Married

Now Married, Except Separated

% Now Married, Except Separated

 

Separated

% Separated

 

Widowed

% Widowed

 

Divorced

% Divorced

Grandparents living in household with children under 18

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

Population 18 years and over

 

Veterans

% Veterans

City of Farrell

1,538

32.4%

1,935

40.8%

155

3.3%

599

12.6%

518

10.9%

137

79

4,508

643

14.3%

City of Hermitage

2,565

19.4%

7,997

60.3%

201

1.5%

1,412

10.7%

1,080

8.1%

226

122

12,582

2,034

16.2%

City of Sharon

3,552

27.3%

6,101

46.9%

487

3.7%

1,316

10.1%

1,544

11.9%

377

159

12,336

1,796

14.6%

Clark Borough

102

19.7%

361

69.8%

0

0.0%

32

6.2%

22

4.3%

26

9

497

70

14.1%

Fredonia Borough

149

28.1%

291

54.8%

13

2.4%

33

6.2%

45

8.5%

5

5

479

55

11.5%

Greenville Borough

1,339

25.6%

2,628

50.2%

129

2.5%

497

9.5%

641

12.2%

78

29

4,977

732

14.7%

Grove City Borough

3,023

43.6%

2,879

41.5%

144

2.1%

464

6.7%

421

6.1%

100

27

6,674

658

9.9%

Jackson Center Borough

29

17.2%

116

68.6%

5

3.0%

2

1.2%

17

10.1%

0

0

160

13

8.1%

Jamestown Borough

98

19.6%

296

59.1%

3

0.6%

39

7.8%

65

13.0%

8

4

463

74

16.0%

Mercer Borough

526

26.8%

963

49.1%

57

2.9%

173

8.8%

242

12.3%

13

7

1,863

282

15.1%

New Lebanon Borough

42

25.5%

97

58.8%

4

2.4%

6

3.6%

16

9.7%

0

0

159

16

10.1%

Sandy Lake Borough

144

24.3%

331

55.9%

11

1.9%

46

7.8%

60

10.1%

7

0

544

84

15.4%

Sharpsville Borough

757

20.6%

1,947

53.0%

85

2.3%

362

9.9%

522

14.2%

49

6

3,493

587

16.8%

Sheakleyville Borough

29

22.7%

71

55.5%

3

2.3%

19

14.8%

6

4.7%

0

0

121

9

7.4%

Stoneboro Borough

160

18.0%

536

60.3%

17

1.9%

112

12.6%

64

7.2%

6

2

844

143

16.9%

West Middlesex Borough

175

23.2%

426

56.4%

9

1.2%

86

11.4%

59

7.8%

10

0

711

106

14.9%

Wheatland Borough

132

21.3%

308

49.7%

17

2.7%

78

12.6%

85

13.7%

37

8

594

117

19.7%

Cities and Boroughs

14,360

21.8%

27,283

41.4%

1,340

2.0%

5,276

8.0%

5,407

8.2%

1,079

457

51,005

7,419

14.5%

Coolspring Township

319

17.4%

1,208

66.0%

36

2.0%

120

6.6%

148

8.1%

21

9

1,727

276

16.0%

Deer Creek Township

78

20.4%

271

70.8%

4

1.0%

23

6.0%

7

1.8%

9

2

369

41

11.1%

Delaware Township

318

18.1%

1,199

68.2%

24

1.4%

105

6.0%

112

6.4%

30

11

1,646

250

15.2%

East Lackawannock Township

217

16.4%

914

69.0%

15

1.1%

106

8.0%

72

5.4%

32

16

1,251

181

14.5%

Fairview Township

151

19.8%

537

70.5%

11

1.4%

26

3.4%

37

4.9%

27

10

711

85

12.0%

Findley Township

217

10.6%

992

48.4%

167

8.2%

534

26.1%

138

6.7%

22

17

1,974

327

16.6%

French Creek Township

102

17.3%

367

62.2%

16

2.7%

56

9.5%

49

8.3%

0

0

549

64

11.7%

Greene Township

160

16.5%

660

68.0%

22

2.3%

67

6.9%

62

6.4%

19

10

929

154

16.6%

Hempfield Township

604

18.3%

2,003

60.6%

28

0.8%

406

12.3%

262

7.9%

12

12

3,149

606

19.2%

Jackson Township

211

22.0%

599

62.5%

16

1.7%

39

4.1%

94

9.8%

17

15

892

123

13.8%

Jefferson Township

363

18.9%

1,173

61.1%

45

2.3%

106

5.5%

234

12.2%

43

24

1,806

269

14.9%

Lackawannock Township

410

21.2%

1,239

64.2%

40

2.1%

108

5.6%

134

6.9%

37

15

1,822

250

13.7%

Lake Township

116

22.4%

342

66.0%

4

0.8%

34

6.6%

22

4.2%

23

18

476

60

12.6%

Liberty Township

208

20.3%

685

66.8%

18

1.8%

49

4.8%

66

6.4%

18

11

967

153

15.8%

Mill Creek Township

93

18.5%

330

65.5%

6

1.2%

41

8.1%

34

6.7%

0

0

478

72

15.1%

New Vernon Township

88

21.2%

266

64.1%

17

4.1%

27

6.5%

17

4.1%

4

4

379

49

12.9%

Otter Creek Township

90

18.6%

310

63.9%

8

1.6%

30

6.2%

47

9.7%

9

2

453

56

12.4%

Perry Township

236

19.5%

775

64.1%

22

1.8%

87

7.2%

89

7.4%

17

10

1,120

153

13.7%

Pine Township

636

17.6%

2,330

64.4%

47

1.3%

345

9.5%

262

7.2%

69

35

3,129

481

15.4%

Pymatuning Township

609

21.1%

1,697

58.7%

70

2.4%

179

6.2%

336

11.6%

36

8

2,747

468

17.0%

Salem Township

117

19.1%

400

65.1%

10

1.6%

36

5.9%

51

8.3%

12

3

588

89

15.1%

Sandy Creek Township

140

19.8%

458

64.7%

5

0.7%

48

6.8%

57

8.1%

4

4

669

99

14.8%

Sandy Lake Township

181

18.0%

669

66.4%

24

2.4%

74

7.3%

59

5.9%

16

10

956

148

15.5%

Shenango Township

550

17.2%

2,163

67.6%

60

1.9%

186

5.8%

241

7.5%

59

31

3,093

383

12.4%

South Pymatuning Township

430

18.4%

1,502

64.2%

36

1.5%

208

8.9%

164

7.0%

95

11

2,207

365

16.5%

Springfield Township

342

21.9%

964

61.7%

18

1.2%

131

8.4%

108

6.9%

45

27

1,487

186

12.5%

Sugar Grove Township

93

12.8%

534

73.3%

12

1.6%

52

7.1%

38

5.2%

14

10

700

132

18.9%

West Salem Township

569

19.1%

1,948

65.4%

42

1.4%

269

9.0%

152

5.1%

68

10

2,799

529

14.7%

Wilmington Township

188

22.4%

554

66.0%

15

1.8%

46

5.5%

36

4.3%

8

2

778

99

12.7%

Wolf Creek Township

98

16.8%

390

66.7%

16

2.7%

35

6.0%

46

7.9%

18

0

555

104

18.7%

Worth Township

125

18.2%

441

64.4%

8

1.2%

57

8.3%

54

7.9%

2

0

642

104

16.2%

Townships

8,059

14.8%

27,920

51.3%

862

1.6%

3,630

6.7%

3,228

5.9%

786

337

41,048

6,356

15.5%

Mercer County

22,419

23.0%

55,203

56.7%

2,202

2.3%

8,906

9.1%

8,635

8.9%

1,865

794

92,053

13,775

15.0%

Pennsylvania

2,685,328

27.2%

5,352,297

54.3%

215,846

2.2%

808,903

8.2%

799,339

8.1%

204,909

80,423

9,354,471

1,280,788

13.7%