Little Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 40°53′20″N 80°26′03″W / 40.88889°N 80.43417°W / 40.88889; -80.43417
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Little Beaver Township
EDT)
Area code724
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20001,310—
20101,4117.7%
20201,227−13.0%
2022 (est.)1,208[3]−1.5%

Little Beaver Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,227 at the time of the 2020 census,[4] a decline from the figure of 1,411 tabulated in 2010.[5]

History

Old Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[6]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.5 square miles (53 km2), of which 20.4 square miles (53 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), or 0.63%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 1,310 people, 451 households, and 362 families residing in the township.

The population density was 64.1 inhabitants per square mile (24.7/km2). There were 502 housing units at an average density of 24.6/sq mi (9.5/km2).

The racial makeup of the township was 99.39%

Latino
of any race were 0.61% of the population.

There were 451 households, out of which 38.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 68.5% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.7% were non-families. 16.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.28.

In the township the population was spread out, with 30.3% under the age of eighteen, 6.4% from eighteen to twenty-four, 30.5% from twenty-five to forty-four, 23.0% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 9.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-four years.

For every one hundred females there were 95.5 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 99.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $35,368, and the median income for a family was $40,795. Males had a median income of $33,929 compared with that of $21,023 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $14,689.

Roughly 13.8% of families and 15.4% of the population were below the

poverty line
, including 24.7% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 4.5% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

References

  1. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Aug 14, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Cannelton Topo Map, Beaver County PA (New Galilee Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  4. ^ Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Little Beaver township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  6. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  7. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

40°53′20″N 80°26′03″W / 40.88889°N 80.43417°W / 40.88889; -80.43417

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