Lower Augusta Township, Pennsylvania | |
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Pennsylvania Route 147 in Lower Augusta Township, with Little Mountain in the background | |
Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania highlighting Lower Augusta Township | |
![]() Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Northumberland |
Settled | 1794 |
Incorporated | 1846 |
Government | |
• Type | Board of Supervisors |
Area | |
• Total | 21.37 sq mi (55.35 km2) |
• Land | 19.08 sq mi (49.41 km2) |
• Water | 2.29 sq mi (5.94 km2) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,064 |
• Estimate (2016)[2] | 1,038 |
• Density | 54.41/sq mi (21.01/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Area code | 570 |
FIPS code | 42-097-44856 |
Lower Augusta Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The population at the 2010 Census was 1,064,[3] a decline from the figure of 1,079 tabulated in 2000.
History
[edit]This township was formed in 1846 by the division of Augusta Township (one of the seven original townships of Northumberland County formed in 1772) into Upper and Lower sections.
Geography
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Selinsgrove_Bridge_PA_1999.jpg/220px-Selinsgrove_Bridge_PA_1999.jpg)
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.4 square miles (52.9 km2), of which 18.2 square miles (47.3 km2) is land and 2.2 square miles (5.6 km2) (10.58%) is water.
Demographics
[edit]Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2010 | 1,064 | — | |
2016 (est.) | 1,038 | [2] | −2.4% |
U.S. Decennial Census[4] |
As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 1,079 people, 401 households, and 322 families residing in the township.
The population density was 59.1 inhabitants per square mile (22.8/km2). There were 425 housing units at an average density of 23.3/sq mi (9.0/km2).
The racial makeup of the township was 98.42% White, 0.19% African American, 0.56% Asian, and 0.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.28% of the population.
There were 401 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 71.3% were married couples living together, 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.5% were non-families. 15.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the township, the population was spread out, with 21.5% under the age of eighteen, 8.8% from eighteen to twenty-four, 25.8% from twenty-five to forty-four, 31.0% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 13.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-one years.
For every one hundred females there were 103.6 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 104.1 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $41,087, and the median income for a family was $44,417. Males had a median income of $30,969 compared with that of $20,147 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $16,877.
Roughly 1.5% of families and 2.7% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 0.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 5.6% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.
References
[edit]- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Aug 14, 2017.
- ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lower Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved Aug 22, 2016.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.