| Raccoon Township, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Beaver |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 1833 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 50.34 |
| Area Land Km2: | 48.79 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.56 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 19.44 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 18.84 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.60 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2788 |
| Population Density Km2: | 61.10 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 158.26 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Est: | 2759 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-007-63224 |
| Coordinates: | 40.6006°N -80.3694°W |
Raccoon Township is a township that is located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,788 at the time of the 2020 census.[2]
It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Raccoon Township is located in southern Beaver County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 50.3sqkm, of which 48.8sqkm is land and 1.6sqkm, or 3.10%, is water.[3]
Raccoon Township has eight borders, including Potter Township to the north, Center Township to the east, Hopewell Township to the east-southeast, Independence Township to the southeast, Hanover Township to the south, Greene Township to the west, Shippingport to the northwest, and Industry to the north-northwest.
As of the 2000 census,[4] there were 3,397 people, 1,186 households, and 970 families residing in the township.
The population density was 183.3sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 1,227 housing units at an average density of 66.2sp=usNaNsp=us.
The racial makeup of the township was 98.70% White, 0.38% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.03% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.71% of the population.
There were 1,186 households, out of which 39.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 69.1% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.2% were non-families. 15.9% 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 2.82 and the average family size was 3.15.
Within the township, the population was spread out, with 27.1% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 6.1% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 30.8% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 26.7% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 9.3% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years.
For every one hundred females, there were 99.9 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 97.0 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $53,036, and the median income for a family was $58,533. Males had a median income of $44,647 compared with that of $22,171 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $19,363.
Approximately 5.0% of families and 5.4% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 3.6% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 12.6% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.