| Little Beaver Township | |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Image Map1: | Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Lawrence County.svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Lawrence County in Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lawrence |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1801 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 20.50 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 20.37 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.13 |
| Elevation Max Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation Max Ft: | 1,240 |
| Elevation Max Point: | north of Mount Air |
| Elevation Min Ft: | 940 |
| Elevation Min Point: | North Fork Little Beaver Creek |
| Population Total: | 1227 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 66.27 |
| Timezone1: | EST |
| Utc Offset1: | -4 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code: | 724 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2022 |
| Pop Est Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Est: | 1208 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-073-43824 |
| Area Total Km2: | 53.10 |
| Area Land Km2: | 52.76 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.34 |
| Population Density Km2: | 25.59 |
Little Beaver Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,227 at the time of the 2020 census,[4] a decline from the figure of 1,411 tabulated in 2010.[5]
Old Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.5sqmi, of which 20.4sqmi is land and 0.1sqmi, or 0.63%, is water.
As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 1,310 people, 451 households, and 362 families residing in the township.
The population density was 64.1sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 502 housing units at an average density of 24.6/sq mi (9.5/km2).
The racial makeup of the township was 99.39% White, 0.23% African American, and 0.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.61% of the population.
There were 451 households, out of which 38.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 68.5% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.7% were non-families. 16.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.28.
In the township the population was spread out, with 30.3% under the age of eighteen, 6.4% from eighteen to twenty-four, 30.5% from twenty-five to forty-four, 23.0% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 9.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-four years.
For every one hundred females there were 95.5 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 99.8 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $35,368, and the median income for a family was $40,795. Males had a median income of $33,929 compared with that of $21,023 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $14,689.
Roughly 13.8% of families and 15.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.7% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 4.5% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.
The Mohawk Area School District serves the township.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike travels east–west through Northern and Eastern Little Beaver Township.[7]