Fort Towson

Limestone Township is a township in Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 13.4 square miles (34.7 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
20001,004
20101,0666.2%
20201,002−6.0%
2021 (est.)995[2]−0.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 1,004 people, 335 households, and 277 families residing in the township.

The population density was 74.9 inhabitants per square mile (28.9/km2). There were 346 housing units at an average density of 25.8 per square mile (10.0/km2).

The racial makeup of the township was 98.31% White, 0.50% African American, 0.20% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.30% of the population.

There were 335 households, out of which 37.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 74.0% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.3% were non-families. 14.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.34.

In the township the population was spread out, with 30.1% under the age of eighteen, 7.9% from eighteen to twenty-four, 27.2% from twenty-five to forty-four, 22.8% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 12.1% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-six years.

For every one hundred females, there were 98.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and older, there were 98.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $41,369, and the median income for a family was $43,906. Males had a median income of $35,652 compared with that of $22,262 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $16,426.

Roughly 8.9% of families and 11.4% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 18.2% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 6.3% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

References

  1. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  4. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

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