Editing Mexico, Juniata County, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}
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'''Mexico''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Walker Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania|Walker Township]], [[Juniata County, Pennsylvania|Juniata County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States.

The population was 472 at the time of the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4248904| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Mexico CDP, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=November 27, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213103937/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4248904| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
Mexico is located in central Juniata County at {{coord|40|32|36|N|77|21|17|W|type:city}} (40.543341, -77.354771),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> in the western part of Walker Township. It is bordered to the south by the [[Juniata River]].

U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|22]] and [[U.S. Route 322 in Pennsylvania|322]] run concurrently as a four-lane expressway along the northeastern edge of the community, with access from [[Pennsylvania Route 75|PA 75]] at the northern tip of the community. Routes 22 and 322 lead northwest {{convert|17|mi}} to [[Lewistown, Pennsylvania|Lewistown]] and southeast {{convert|27|mi}} to [[Duncannon, Pennsylvania|Duncannon]]. PA 75 leads southwest {{convert|1.4|mi}} across the Juniata River to [[Port Royal, Pennsylvania|Port Royal]], and the William Penn Highway (old Routes 22/322) leads northwest {{convert|3|mi|0}} to [[Mifflintown, Pennsylvania|Mifflintown]], the Juniata [[county seat]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Mexico CDP has a total area of {{convert|2.8|sqkm|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 398
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</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=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 279 people, 112 households, and 89 families residing in the CDP.

The population density was {{convert|375.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 116 housing units at an average density of {{convert|156.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.57% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.08% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], and 0.36% from two or more races.

There were 112 households, out of which 25.9% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 63.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 20.1% under the age of eighteen, 8.2% from eighteen to twenty-four, 26.5% from twenty-five to forty-four, 31.5% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 13.6% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-one years.

For every one hundred females there were 96.5 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 93.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,417, and the median income for a family was $35,833. Males had a median income of $21,908 compared with that of $19,063 for females.

The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $16,620. 10.0% of the population and 7.1% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total number of people living in poverty, 20.3% were under the age of eighteen. None were aged sixty-five or older.

==References==
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{{Juniata County, Pennsylvania}}

[[Category:Census-designated places in Juniata County, Pennsylvania]]