Liberty Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania explained

Official Name:Liberty Township,
McKean County,
Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Township
Mapsize:250px
Image Map1:Map of Pennsylvania highlighting McKean County.svg
Mapsize1:250px
Map Caption1:Map of McKean County, Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:McKean
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1785
Established Title1:Incorporated
Established Date1:1828
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:216.86
Area Land Km2:215.86
Area Water Km2:1.00
Area Total Sq Mi:83.73
Area Land Sq Mi:83.34
Area Water Sq Mi:0.39
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:1604
Population Density Km2:7.13
Population Density Sq Mi:18.48
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Area Code:814
Pop Est As Of:2022
Population Est:1564
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:42-083-43096

Liberty Township is a township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,604 at the time of the census.[2]

History

Lynn Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 83.5 square miles (216.3 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 1,726 people, 704 households, and 496 families residing in the township.

The population density was 20.7 people per square mile (8.0/km2). There were 898 housing units at an average density of 10.8/sq mi (4.2/km2).

The racial makeup of the township was 97.97% White, 0.12% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.52% from other races, and 1.10% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.58% of the population.

There were 704 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 55.4% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the township the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of eighteen, 6.1% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.7% from twenty-five to forty-four, 25.0% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 15.3% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-nine years.

For every one hundred females there were 104.5 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 103.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $34,200, and the median income for a family was $40,761. Males had a median income of $33,500 compared with that of $20,817 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $16,434.

Roughly 8.3% of families and 13.5% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 15.1% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 12.1% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. August 14, 2017.
  2. Web site: Bureau . US Census . City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022 . Census.gov . US Census Bureau . October 22, 2023.
  3. Web site: U.S. Census website . . January 31, 2008 .