Lower Augusta Township, Pennsylvania
Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Lower Augusta Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The population at the 2010 Census was 1,064,<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> a decline from the figure of 1,079 tabulated in 2000.
History
[edit]This township was formed in 1846 by the division of Augusta Township (one of the seven original townships of Northumberland County formed in 1772) into Upper and Lower sections.
Geography
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.4 square miles (52.9 km2), of which 18.2 square miles (47.3 km2) is land and 2.2 square miles (5.6 km2) (10.58%) is water.
Demographics
[edit]Template:US Census population As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 1,079 people, 401 households, and 322 families residing in the township.
The population density was Template:Convert. There were 425 housing units at an average density of 23.3/sq mi (9.0/km2).
The racial makeup of the township was 98.42% White, 0.19% African American, 0.56% Asian, and 0.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.28% of the population.
There were 401 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 71.3% were married couples living together, 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.5% were non-families. 15.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the township, the population was spread out, with 21.5% under the age of eighteen, 8.8% from eighteen to twenty-four, 25.8% from twenty-five to forty-four, 31.0% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 13.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-one years.
For every one hundred females there were 103.6 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 104.1 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $41,087, and the median income for a family was $44,417. Males had a median income of $30,969 compared with that of $20,147 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $16,877.
Roughly 1.5% of families and 2.7% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 0.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 5.6% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.
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