Mahoning Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania
{{Short description|Township in Pennsylvania, United States}}
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Mountour County,
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|established_date = 1775
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|established_date1 = 1786
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Mahoning Township is a township in Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Geography
File:Field in Mahoning Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania.JPG
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 8.9 square miles (22.9 km2), of which 8.2 square miles (21.3 km2) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) (7.00%) is water.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2000= 4263
|2010= 4171
|2020= 4628
|estyear=2021
|estimate=4604
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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As of the census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}} of 2000, there were 4,263 people, 1,466 households, and 963 families residing in the township.
The population density was {{convert|517.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,542 housing units at an average density of {{convert|187.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.
The racial makeup of the township was 93.97% White, 1.92% African American, 0.02% Native American, 2.72% Asian, 0.61% from other races, and 0.75% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.71% of the population.
There were 1,466 households, out of which 29.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 54.6% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.92.
In the township the population was spread out, with 22.3% under the age of eighteen, 5.2% from eighteen to twenty-four, 22.3% from twenty-five to forty-four, 24.1% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 26.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-five years.
For every one hundred females, there were 78.2 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 72.0 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $43,995, and the median income for a family was $55,536. Males had a median income of $46,016 compared with that of $31,078 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $24,099.
Roughly 2.4% of families and 8.3% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 5.7% of those under the age of eighteen and 18.5% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.
References
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External links
- [https://mahoningtownship.org/ Mahoning Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania] (official website)
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{{Montour County, Pennsylvania}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1775
Category:Bloomsburg–Berwick metropolitan area