Editing Bloom Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
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|official_name = Bloom Township, Pennsylvania
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|Clearfield]]
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1815
|established_title1 = Incorporated
|established_date1 = 1860
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|area_total_km2 = 48.93
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|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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|population_total = 381 {{decrease}}
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|area_code = [[Area code 814|814]]
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'''Bloom Township''' is a township in [[Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|Clearfield County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 381 at the 2020 census.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|18.9|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|18.9|sqmi|km2}}  is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}}  (0.11%) is water.

==Communities==
*Chestnut Grove
*Greenville
*Laborde

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1970= 440
|1980= 500
|1990= 454
|2000= 412
|2010= 414
|2020= 381
|estyear=2022
|estimate=375
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 412 people, 169 households, and 119 families residing in the township.  The [[population density]] was 21.8 people per square mile (8.4/km{{sup|2}}).  There were 220 housing units at an average density of 11.6/sq&nbsp;mi (4.5/km{{sup|2}}).  The racial makeup of the township was 99.76% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 0.24% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]].

There were 169 households, out of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the township the population was spread out, with 22.3% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 28.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $30,909, and the median income for a family was $33,750. Males had a median income of $28,611 versus $22,813 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $15,470.  About 9.3% of families and 8.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.7% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==Education==

Students in Bloom Township attend schools in the [[DuBois Area School District]].

==See also==
* [[Western Pennsylvania]]
* [[Bilger's Rocks]]

==External links==
*[http://history.rays-place.com/pa/clear-bloom.htm History of Bloom Township, PA]
*[http://www.pagenweb.org/~clearfield/individual%20twnsps/bloom.htm History of Clearfiled County, Pennsylvania: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers by Lewis Cass Aldrich Syracuse, N.Y.:  D. Mason, 1887, pp. 428-434.]

==References==
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{{Clearfield County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1815]]
[[Category:Townships in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Townships in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1815 establishments in Pennsylvania]]