Editing Raccoon Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Raccoon Township, Pennsylvania
|settlement_type = [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Township]]
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|image_caption = Service United Presbyterian Church, established c. 1792
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|map_caption = Location in [[Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Beaver County]] and state of [[Pennsylvania]]
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|subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Beaver]]
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|population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total = 2788 {{decrease}}
|population_density_km2 = 61.10
|population_density_sq_mi = 158.26
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|website = {{url|www.raccoontownshipbeavercounty.com}}
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|pop_est_as_of = 2021
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'''Raccoon Township''' is a township that is located in [[Beaver County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 2,788 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>

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

==Geography==
Raccoon Township is located in southern Beaver County. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|50.3|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|48.8|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.6|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 3.10%, is water.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US4200763224 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212162428/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US4200763224 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Raccoon township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder |access-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref>

===Surrounding neighborhoods===
Raccoon Township has eight borders, including [[Potter Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Potter Township]] to the north, [[Center Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Center Township]] to the east, [[Hopewell Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Hopewell Township]] to the east-southeast, [[Independence Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Independence Township]] to the southeast, [[Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Hanover Township]] to the south, [[Greene Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Greene Township]] to the west, [[Shippingport, Pennsylvania|Shippingport]] to the northwest, and [[Industry, Pennsylvania|Industry]] to the north-northwest.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|1970= 2615
|1980= 3133
|1990= 3426
|2000= 3397
|2010= 3064
|2020= 2788
|estyear=2021
|estimate=2759
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 3,397 people, 1,186 households, and 970 families residing in the township.

The population density was {{convert|183.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,227 housing units at an average density of {{convert|66.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial makeup]] of the township was 98.70% White, 0.38% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.03% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.71% of the population.

There were 1,186 households, out of which 39.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 69.1% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.2% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.15.

Within the township, the population was spread out, with 27.1% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 6.1% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 30.8% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 26.7% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 9.3% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years.

For every one hundred females, there were 99.9 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 97.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $53,036, and the median income for a family was $58,533. Males had a median income of $44,647 compared with that of $22,171 for females.

The [[per capita income]] for the township was $19,363.

Approximately 5.0% of families and 5.4% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 3.6% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 12.6% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080204063937/http://www.raccoontownshipbeavercounty.com/ Raccoon Township official website]}}

{{Beaver County, Pennsylvania}}

[[Category:Populated places established in 1833]]
[[Category:Townships in Beaver County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1833 establishments in Pennsylvania]]