Limestone Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Limestone Township,
Mountour County,
Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Township
Mapsize:250x200px
Image Map1:Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Montour County.svg
Mapsize1:250x200px
Map Caption1:Map of Montour County, Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Montour
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1790
Established Title1:Incorporated
Established Date1:1816
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:34.66
Area Land Km2:34.57
Area Water Km2:0.09
Area Total Sq Mi:13.38
Area Land Sq Mi:13.35
Area Water Sq Mi:0.03
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:1002
Population Density Km2:32.13
Population Density Sq Mi:83.23
Pop Est As Of:2021
Population Est:995
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:42-093-43360

Limestone Township is a township in Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 13.4 square miles (34.7 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 1,004 people, 335 households, and 277 families residing in the township.

The population density was 74.9sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 346 housing units at an average density of 25.8sp=usNaNsp=us.

The racial makeup of the township was 98.31% White, 0.50% African American, 0.20% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.30% of the population.

There were 335 households, out of which 37.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 74.0% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.3% were non-families. 14.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.34.

In the township, the population was spread out with 30.1% under the age of eighteen, 7.9% aged eighteen to twenty-four, 27.2% aged twenty-five to forty-four, 22.8% aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 12.1% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-six years.

For every one hundred females, there were 98.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and older, there were 98.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $41,369, and the median income for a family was $43,906. Males had a median income of $35,652 compared with that of $22,262 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $16,426.

Roughly 8.9% of families and 11.4% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 18.2% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 6.3% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

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—2021 . Census.gov . US Census Bureau . July 27, 2022.
  3. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. January 31, 2008.

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