Editing Lamar Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
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|official_name = Lamar Township,<br />Pennsylvania
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|image_caption = [[U.S. Route 220]] as it passes through Lamar Township
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|image_map = Clinton County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Lamar township highlighted.svg
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|map_caption = Location in [[Clinton County, Pennsylvania|Clinton County]] and the state of [[Pennsylvania]].
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Clinton County, Pennsylvania|Clinton]]
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1800
|established_title1 = Incorporated
|established_date1 = 1817
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|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2016">{{cite web|title=2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2016_Gazetteer/2016_gaz_place_42.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 13, 2017}}</ref>
|area_total_km2 = 106.20
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|area_total_sq_mi = 41.00
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|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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|population_total = 2600 {{increase}}
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|population_density_sq_mi = 62.51
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|pop_est_as_of = 2021
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'''Lamar Township''' is a township in [[Clinton County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 2,600 at the time of the 2020 census.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>

==Geography==
The township is located in southern Clinton County and includes the unincorporated community of [[Rote, Pennsylvania|Rote]]. [[Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 80]] runs east–west through the township, with one interchange (Exit 178): [[U.S. Route 220 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 220]], which leads north to [[Mill Hall, Pennsylvania|Mill Hall]] and [[Lock Haven, Pennsylvania|Lock Haven]], the [[county seat]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Lamar Township has a total area of {{convert|106.2|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|105.9|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.3|km2|order=flip}}, or 0.27%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4203541112| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Lamar township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=May 18, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213123634/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4203541112| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|1980= 2384
|1990= 2345
|2000= 2450
|2010= 2517
|2020= 2600
|estyear=2021
|estimate=2598
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|footnote=source:<ref>{{cite web|title = Clinton County Comprehensive Plan|publisher = Clinton County, Pennsylvania|url = http://www.clintoncountypa.com/4203500000ccp0030.pdf|format = PDF|accessdate = September 19, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071129122231/http://www.clintoncountypa.com/4203500000ccp0030.pdf|archive-date = November 29, 2007|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name=datacenter>{{cite web|title=Population Change 1990–2000: Pennsylvania|publisher=Pennsylvania State Data Center|url=http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/PaSDC/census_2000/cou_profiles/Pop035.html|accessdate=September 19, 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117170132/http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/PaSDC/census_2000/cou_profiles/Pop035.html|archivedate=November 17, 2007}}</ref>
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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 2,450 people, 901 households, and 718 families residing in the township.

The population density was {{convert|59.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 967 housing units at an average density of 23.6/sq&nbsp;mi (9.1/km{{sup|2}}).

The racial makeup of the township was 99.10% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.16% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.12% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.16% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.45% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.37% of the population.

There were 901 households, out of which 32.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 70.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.2% were non-families. 16.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.05.

Within the township, the population was spread out, with 24.7% who were under the age of eighteen, 8.4% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 27.3% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 25.0% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 14.6% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty years.

For every one hundred females, there were 98.5 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 95.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $35,332, and the median income for a family was $38,235. Males had a median income of $30,516 compared with that of $19,278 for females.

The [[per capita income]] for the township was $15,464.

Approximately 7.8% of families and 9.9% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 12.6% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 13.8% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

==References==
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{{Clinton County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1800]]
[[Category:Townships in Clinton County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Townships in Pennsylvania]]