Mexico, Juniata County, Pennsylvania

Mexico is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Walker Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States.

The population was 472 at the time of the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

Mexico is located in central Juniata County at Template:Coord (40.543341, -77.354771),<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> in the western part of Walker Township. It is bordered to the south by the Juniata River.

U.S. Routes 22 and 322 run concurrently as a four-lane expressway along the northeastern edge of the community, with access from PA 75 at the northern tip of the community. Routes 22 and 322 lead northwest Template:Convert to Lewistown and southeast Template:Convert to Duncannon. PA 75 leads southwest Template:Convert across the Juniata River to Port Royal, and the William Penn Highway (old Routes 22/322) leads northwest Template:Convert to Mifflintown, the Juniata county seat.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Mexico CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

Demographics

Template:US Census population As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 279 people, 112 households, and 89 families residing in the CDP.

The population density was Template:Convert. There were 116 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.57% White, 1.08% 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 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.

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