Mahoning Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 40°59′30″N 80°30′29″W / 40.99167°N 80.50806°W / 40.99167; -80.50806
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For other Pennsylvania townships with similar names, see Mahoning Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation).
Mahoning Township
EDT)
Area code724
Websitewww.mahoningtownship.net
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20003,447—
20103,083−10.6%
20202,709−12.1%
2022 (est.)2,660[3]−1.8%

Mahoning Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,709 at the time of the 2020 census,[4] a decline from the figure of 3,083 tabulated in 2010.[5]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 25.0 square miles (64.7 km2), of which 24.5 square miles (63.6 km2) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.2 km2), or 1.80%, is water. It contains the unincorporated communities of Hillsville, Peanut, Edinburg, North Edinburg, and Robinson.

Demographics

As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 3,447 people, 1,373 households, and 966 families residing in the township.

The population density was 140.4 inhabitants per square mile (54.2/km2). There were 1,436 housing units at an average density of 58.5 per square mile (22.6/km2).

The racial makeup of the township was 98.84%

Latino
of any race were 0.35% of the population.

There were 1,373 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 54.8% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.6% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the township the population was spread out, with 23.7% under the age of eighteen, 6.7% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.8% from twenty-five to forty-four, 23.9% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 16.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty years.

For every one hundred females there were 96.0 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 94.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $32,267, and the median income for a family was $39,635. Males had a median income of $32,985 compared with that of $21,810 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $15,878.

Roughly 8.7% of families and 10.8% of the population were living below the

poverty line
, including 15.0% of those under age eighteen and 9.5% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.

References

  1. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Aug 14, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Turkey Hill Topo Map, Lawrence County PA (New Castle South 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): Mahoning township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  6. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

External links

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