Lower Mifflin Township, Pennsylvania
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Lower Mifflin Township is a township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,620 at the 2000 census.
[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 62.2 km² (24.0 mi²). 62.1 km² (24.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.08%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 1,620 people, 586 households, and 471 families residing in the township. The population density was 26.1/km² (67.5/mi²). There were 616 housing units at an average density of 9.9/km² (25.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.77% White, 0.56% African American, 0.06% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.68% of the population.
There were 586 households out of which 39.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.1% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.5% were non-families. 15.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the township the population was spread out with 28.7% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.4 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $42,578, and the median income for a family was $43,846. Males had a median income of $31,528 versus $23,047 for females. The per capita income for the township was $17,687. About 5.1% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.3% of those under age 18 and 14.1% of those age 65 or over.
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Municipalities and Communities of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (County Seat: Carlisle) |
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| Boroughs | Camp Hill | Carlisle | Lemoyne | Mechanicsburg | Mount Holly Springs | New Cumberland | Newburg | Newville | Shippensburg | Shiremanstown | Wormleysburg |
| Townships | Cooke | Dickinson | East Pennsboro | Hampden | Hopewell | Lower Allen | Lower Frankford | Lower Mifflin | Middlesex | Monroe | North Middleton | North Newton | Penn | Shippensburg | Silver Spring | South Middleton | South Newton | Southampton | Upper Allen | Upper Frankford | Upper Mifflin | West Pennsboro |
| Communities and CDPs | Boiling Springs | Enola | Grantham | Lower Allen | New Kingstown | Plainfield | Schlusser | Summerdale | West Fairview |
