Editing Wood Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
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|official_name = Wood Township, Pennsylvania
|settlement_type = [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Township]]
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|image_skyline = Robertsdale Hotel.jpg
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|image_caption = The former [[Robertsdale Historic District|Robertsdale Hotel]]
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|image_map = Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Wood Township.PNG
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|map_caption = Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Wood Township
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|map_caption1 = Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
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|subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon]]
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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 |access-date=August 14, 2017}}</ref>
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|area_total_km2 = 42.61
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|area_total_sq_mi = 16.45
|area_land_sq_mi = 16.45
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022">{{cite web |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022 |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=January 31, 2024}}</ref>
|population_total = 606 {{decrease}}
|population_density_km2 = 16.69
|population_density_sq_mi = 43.22
|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|pop_est_as_of = 2022
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|population_est = 600
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 42-061-86080
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'''Wood Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] that is located in [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 606 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/>

==History==
The [[Robertsdale Historic District]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1992.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of 16.4&nbsp;square miles (42.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|2000= 713
|2010= 708
|2020= 606
|estyear=2022
|estimate=600
|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 |access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 713 people, 277 households, and 206 families residing in the township.

The population density was {{convert|43.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 383 housing units at an average density of 23.3/sq&nbsp;mi (9.0/km<sup>2</sup>).

The racial makeup of the township was 99.30% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.28% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.28% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.70% of the population.

There were 277 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 61.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.99.

Within the township, the population was spread out, with 25.2% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 10.1% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 24.7% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 24.7% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 15.3% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years.

For every one hundred females, there were 100.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 98.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $29,167, and the median income for a family was $38,438. Males had a median income of $28,654 versus $20,375 for females.

The [[per capita income]] for the township was $13,512.

Approximately 9.2% of families and 14.6% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 16.3% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 16.0% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

==References==
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{{Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Townships in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Townships in Pennsylvania]]