Editing Hanover, Pennsylvania (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1820= 946
|1830= 1005
|1840= 1070
|1850= 1210
|1860= 1630
|1870= 1839
|1880= 2317
|1890= 3746
|1900= 5320
|1910= 7057
|1920= 8664
|1930= 11805
|1940= 13076
|1950= 14048
|1960= 15538
|1970= 15623
|1980= 14890
|1990= 14399
|2000= 14535
|2010= 15289
|2020= 16420
|estyear=2021
|estimate=16478
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|footnote=<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch09.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name="CensusPopEst">{{cite web|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019235623/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|archive-date=19 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Census 2020|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/hanoverboroughpennsylvania/PST045219}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], there were 15,289 people and 6,571 households in the borough. The population density was {{convert|4,117.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 7,263 housing units and the racial makeup of the borough was 91.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.0% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.74% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7.3% of the population. The ancestries for Hanover include: German (42%), Irish (11%), United States (10%), English (8%), Italian (3%), and Dutch (2%).

Of the 6,571 households, 23.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 20.1% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 21.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $45,110, and the median income for a family was $45,156. Males had a median income of $31,206 versus $21,512 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $20,516. About 4.5% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.7% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.

The Greater Hanover area has a population of about 55,000 residents. The community is made up of several areas such as Hanover Borough, [[Penn Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Penn Township]], [[Heidelberg Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Heidelberg Township]], [[Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Manheim Township]], [[West Manheim Township, Pennsylvania|West Manheim Township]], [[Conewago Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania|Conewago Township]], [[Berwick Township, Pennsylvania|Berwick Township]], and Union Township. All of these areas have Hanover, PA listed as their address and 17331 as their zip code.