Editing Shiremanstown, Pennsylvania (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population 
|align=left
|1880= 404
|1890= 432
|1900= 504
|1910= 545
|1920= 635
|1930= 731
|1940= 777
|1950= 887
|1960= 1212
|1970= 1773
|1980= 1719
|1990= 1567
|2000= 1521
|2010= 1569
|estyear=2019
|estimate=1628
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=December 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=June 11, 2013}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Boro Hall Shiremanstown CumberCo PA.jpg|thumb|Shiremanstown Borough Hall]]
As of the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2"/> there were one thousand five hundred and twenty-one people, seven hundred and nineteen households and four hundred and seven families residing in the borough. The [[population density]] was {{convert|5,105.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}.

There were seven hundred and forty-two housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,490.8|/mi2|/km2}}.

The racial makeup of the borough was 95.33% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.53% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.07% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.43% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.33% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.31% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.53% of the population.

There were seven hundred and nineteen households, out of which 22.5% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 46.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.3% were non-families. 38.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 20.2% under the age of eighteen, 7.0% from eighteen to twenty-four, 29.9% from twenty-five to forty-four, 23.6% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 19.3% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty years. For every one hundred females, there were 84.6 males.

For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 84.5 males.

The median household income in the borough was $43,971, and the median income for a family was $55,268. Males had a median income of $37,500 compared with that of $30,326 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $21,812.

Roughly 1.8% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.5% of those under age eighteen and 2.8% of those aged sixty-five or over.