Editing Gratz, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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|population_total = 743
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'''Gratz''' is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 743 at the time of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]],<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021">{{cite web |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref> a decline from the figure of 765 in 2010.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4230600| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Gratz borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 15, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213085303/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4230600| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

It is part of the [[Harrisburg metropolitan area]].

==History==
Gratz was named after the founder [[Simon Gratz]].

==Geography==
Gratz is located in northeastern Dauphin County at {{coord|40.609747|-76.717835|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

It sits along the northern base of Short Mountain, a western extension of Bear Mountain, part of the [[Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians|Ridge and Valley Province]] of the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. [[Pennsylvania Route 25]] passes through the borough, leading east {{convert|18|mi}} to [[Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 81]] and west {{convert|14|mi}} to [[Millersburg, Pennsylvania|Millersburg]] on the [[Susquehanna River]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|7.6|km2|order=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|1860= 313
|1870= 386
|1880= 460
|1890= 490
|1900= 489
|1910= 536
|1920= 615
|1930= 637
|1940= 692
|1950= 653
|1960= 704
|1970= 675
|1980= 678
|1990= 696
|2000= 676
|2010= 765
|2020= 743
|estyear=2021
|estimate=742
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|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|access-date=11 December 2013}}</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=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|access-date=11 December 2013|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=11 June 2013}}</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>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 676 people, 301 households, and 194 families residing in the borough.

The population density was {{convert|225.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 331 housing units at an average density of {{convert|110.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

The racial makeup of the borough was 99.56% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.30% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.15% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.18% of the population.

There were 301 households, out of which 22.9% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 56.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.5% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.6% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 19.1% under the age of eighteen, 10.5% from eighteen to twenty-four, 23.8% from twenty-five to forty-four, 24.7% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 21.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-two years.

For every one hundred females, there were 103.6 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 96.1 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $32,917, and the median income for a family was $46,063. Males had a median income of $31,429 compared with that of $21,500 for females.

The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $16,837.

Roughly 8.6% of families and 14.3% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 14.9% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 18.8% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

==Notable person==
* [[Carl Scheib]], Major League Baseball pitcher and youngest player in [[American League]] history on his debut in 1943, aged sixteen

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}

{{Dauphin County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1805]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1805 establishments in Pennsylvania]]