Editing Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 7562
|1800= 13609
|1810= 12132
|1820= 16618
|1830= 21690
|1840= 13092
|1850= 14980
|1860= 16340
|1870= 17508
|1880= 19577
|1890= 19996
|1900= 23160
|1910= 27785
|1920= 31439
|1930= 40335
|1940= 42993
|1950= 43691
|1960= 44348
|1970= 45268
|1980= 46908
|1990= 46197
|2000= 46486
|2010= 46682
|2020= 46143
|estimate=45935
|estyear=2024
|align-fn=center
|footnote=US Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=US Decennial Census|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=March 9, 2015}}</ref><br>1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=March 9, 2015}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/pa190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=US Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 24, 1995|access-date=March 9, 2015}}</ref><br>1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=US Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=March 9, 2015}}</ref> 2010-2017<ref>{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42/42087.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 20, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606195019/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42/42087.html|archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2020 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/mifflincountypennsylvania/PST045219}}</ref> 2024<ref name="qf" />
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 U.S. census]], there were 46,682 people and 18,743 households in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|113.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 21,537 housing units at an average density of {{convert|52.4|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units&nbsp;}}. The racial makeup of the county was 97.53% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.64% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.11% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.36% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.31% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.03% from two or more races. 1.14% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 38.8% were of [[German people|German]], 19.2% [[United States|American]], 8.0% [[Irish people|Irish]] and 7.5% [[English people|English]] ancestry. 5.7% report speaking [[Pennsylvania Dutch language|Pennsylvania Dutch]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], or [[German language|German]] at home.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=42&county_id=87&mode=geographic&zip=&place_id=&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r|title=Language Map Data Center|website=www.mla.org|access-date=November 27, 2018}}</ref>

There were 18,743 households, out of which 29.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.60% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.90% were non-families. 26.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.99.

The county population contained 23.1% under the age of 18, 2.2% from 18 to 19, 5.1% from 20 to 24, 10.4% from 25 to 34, 20.1% from 35 to 49, 20.6% from 50 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. The population was 48.93% male, and 51.07% female.

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Mifflin County Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title =P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Mifflin County, Pennsylvania|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Mifflin%20County,%20Pennsylvania&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (NH)
|43,343
|94%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (NH)
|350
|0.75%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] (NH)
|51
|0.11%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (NH)
|160
|0.34%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|0
|0%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] (NH)
|1,260
|2.73%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|979
|2.12%
|}

===Amish community===
The [[Amish]] community in Mifflin County, established in 1791, had a total population of 3,905 people (in 30 congregations) in 2017,<ref>[http://amishamerica.com/12-largest-amish-communities-2017/ The 12 Largest Amish Communities (2017)] at Amish America</ref> or 8.5% of the county's population.

====Dialect====
The dominant form of speech in Mifflin County is the [[Central Pennsylvania accent]]. Almost everyone in Mifflin County speaks English. The [[Amish]] and some [[Mennonites]] speak [[Pennsylvania Dutch language|Pennsylvania German]], also known as Pennsylvania Dutch, a [[West Central German]] dialect, which is quite different from modern [[Standard German]]. The Amish and Mennonites also can speak English. Few non-Amish or Mennonites in Mifflin County today speak Pennsylvania German, but this was not true in the past.