| Official Name: | Menno Township, Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Image Map1: | Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Mifflin County.svg |
| Mapsize1: | 250x200px |
| Map Caption1: | Map of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mifflin |
| Government Type: | Board of Supervisors |
| Leader Title: | Supervisor |
| Leader Name: | Torrey Hildebrand |
| Leader Title1: | Supervisor |
| Leader Name1: | Harry Clever |
| Leader Title2: | Supervisor |
| Leader Name2: | Micah Anderson |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1754 |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 1837 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 61.38 |
| Area Land Km2: | 61.35 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 23.70 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 23.69 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1973 |
| Population Density Km2: | 31.29 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 81.05 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Zip code |
| Postal Code: | 17002 |
| Area Code: | 717 |
| Website: | Menno Township |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-087-48664 |
| Footnotes: | Local phone exchange: 483 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Est: | 1972 |
Menno Township is a township in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,973 at the time of the 2020 census.[2]
The township was named for Menno Simons, an early Mennonite leader. Mennonites and Amish were among the early settlers of the area, and members of these faiths continue to form a part of the area's population.[3] [4] [5] [6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 23.8 square miles (61.7 km2), all land.
As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 1,763 people, 484 households, and 408 families residing in the township.
The population density was 74sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 551 housing units at an average density of 23.1/sq mi (8.9/km2).
The racial makeup of the township was 97.50% White, 1.64% African American, 0.06% Asian, 0.17% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.40% of the population.
There were 484 households, out of which 45.9% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 77.1% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.5% were non-families. 14.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 3.64 and the average family size was 4.07.
In the township the population was spread out, with 40.0% under the age of eighteen, 10.0% from eighteen to twenty-four, 22.5% from twenty-five to forty-four, 16.6% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 10.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was twenty-five years.
For every one hundred females, there were 95.2 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 95.2 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $31,453, and the median income for a family was $34,141. Males had a median income of $28,125 compared with that of $17,500 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $10,303.
Roughly 17.6% of families and 23.6% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 31.1% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 17.0% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.