Little Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

For other Pennsylvania townships with similar names, see Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation).

Little Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania
Township
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Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Northumberland
Settled	1777
Incorporated	1813
Government
• Type	Board of Supervisors
Area [1]
• Total	10.50 sq mi (27.19 km2)
• Land	10.40 sq mi (26.93 km2)
• Water	0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2)
Population  (2010)
• Total	479
• Estimate  (2016) [2]	457
• Density	43.95/sq mi (16.97/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	570
FIPS code	42-097-43912

Little Mahanoy Township is a township that is located in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the time of the 2010 Census was 479, ^[3] a decline from the figure of 435 that was tabulated during the 2000 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 10.4 square miles (27.1 km²), all land.

Demographics

As of the census ^[4] of 2000, there were 435 people, 151 households, and 109 families residing in the township.

The population density was 41.6 inhabitants per square mile (16.1/km²). There were 159 housing units at an average density of 15.2/sq mi (5.9/km²).

The racial makeup of the township was 99.08% White, 0.23% African American, 0.23% Asian, and 0.46% from two or more races.

There were 151 households, out of which 35.1% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 63.6% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% were non-families. 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.52.

Within the township, the population was spread out, with 32.9% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 7.1% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 23.9% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 20.9% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 15.2% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-six years.

For every one hundred females, there were 96.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 87.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $36,667, and the median income for a family was $45,500. Males had a median income of $32,639 compared with that of $18,125 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $14,844.

Approximately 5.4% of families and 5.9% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 5.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 10.9% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1990	432		—
2000	435		0.7%
2010	479		10.1%
2016 (est.)	457	[2]	−4.6%
U.S. Decennial Census [5]

Gallery

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References

1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
2. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates" . Retrieved June 9, 2017.
3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Little Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
4. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

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