Lake Latonka, Pennsylvania

Lake Latonka, Pennsylvania
census-designated place
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Mercer
Area [1]
• Total	2.76 sq mi (7.15 km2)
• Land	2.35 sq mi (6.10 km2)
• Water	0.41 sq mi (1.05 km2)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	951
• Density	403.82/sq mi (155.89/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	16137 [3]
Area code	724
FIPS code	42-40982

Lake Latonka is a census-designated place in Coolspring and Jackson Townships in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. ^[4] It surrounds the Lake Latonka reservoir. The population was 951 at the 2020 census. ^[5] It is part of the Hermitage micropolitan area.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census, there were 951 people, 346 families, and 610 housing units in Lake Latonka. The median age in the CDP was 55.5 years old. 28.9% of the population was 65 years old or older, with 19.1% being between the ages of 65 to 74, 9.1% between the ages of 75 to 84, and 0.7% were 85 or older. The racial demographics of the CDP were 96.5% White, 0.1% African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.1% from some other race, and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic and Latino people made up 1% of the population. ^[6]

The ancestry of the CDP was 19.6% German, 17.4% English, 14.4% Italian, 13.3% Irish, 8.0% Scotch-Irish, 5.7% French, 5.1% Polish, and 3.2% Hungarian. ^[7] 2.1% of the population spoke languages other than English at home, which are Asian and Pacific Islander languages. 1.1% of the population were foreign born. ^[6]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	1,012		—
2020	951		−6.0%
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
3. "Lake Latonka PA ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
4. "2010 Census". Archived from the original on December 23, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
5. https://www.census.gov/# ^{[ not specific enough to verify ]}
6. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
7. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

41°17′00″N80°11′06″W / 41.28333°N 80.18500°W / 41.28333; -80.18500