Union Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

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Union Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,997 at the time of the 2020 census,<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021">Template:Cite web</ref> a decline from the figure of 5,190 as of 2010.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 9.7 square miles (25.0 km²), of which 9.6 square miles (24.9 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²), or 0.41%, is water.

Unincorporated communities in the township include Harbor, Harbor Bridge, Parkstown, Belmar Park, Westview Heights, Oakwood, and Oakland.

Demographics

As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 5,103 people, 2,121 households, and 1,495 families residing in the township.

The population density was Template:Convert. There were 2,227 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert.

The racial makeup of the township was 94.92% White, 4.06% African American, 0.02% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.29% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.53% of the population.

There were 2,121 households, out of which 23.3% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 55.2% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the township the population was spread out, with 18.9% under the age of eighteen, 6.9% from eighteen to twenty-four, 24.3% from twenty-five to forty-four, 26.5% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 23.5% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-five years.

For every one hundred females, there were 91.4 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 89.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $36,074, and the median income for a family was $41,909. Males had a median income of $32,297 compared with that of $21,378 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $16,717.

Roughly 3.9% of families and 5.6% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 5.6% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 4.7% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.