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Oliver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Incorporated
  
1851

Area
  
78.7 km²

Population
  
1,129 (2000)

State
  
Settled
  
1822

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

Local time
  
Friday 12:46 AM

Oliver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

Weather
  
2°C, Wind SE at 14 km/h, 31% Humidity

Oliver Township is a township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,129 at the 2000 census. It was named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.

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Map of Oliver Township, PA, USA

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 30.4 square miles (78.7 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

At the 2000 census, there were 1,129 people, 438 households and 332 families residing in the township. The population density was 37.1 per square mile (14.3/km²). There were 518 housing units at an average density of 17.0/sq mi (6.6/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.96% White, 0.27% African American, 0.89% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.44% from other races and 0.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.53% of the population.

There were 438 households out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.9% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% were non-families. 21.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 2.97.

22.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 103.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.6 males.

The median household income was $32,125 and the median family income was $38,309. Males had a median income of $27,500 and females $20,114. The per capita income was $15,308. About 5.0% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.

References

Oliver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Wikipedia


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