Clymer Township, Pennsylvania

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Clymer Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 597 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 87.2 km² (33.7 mi²). 86.7 km² (33.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (0.45%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 597 people, 235 households, and 175 families residing in the township. The population density was 6.9/km² (17.8/mi²). There were 411 housing units at an average density of 4.7/km² (12.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.33% White, 0.17% Native American, 0.17% Asian, and 0.34% from two or more races.

There were 235 households out of which 25.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.0% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.5% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the township the population was spread out with 23.5% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 32.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $25,750, and the median income for a family was $28,889. Males had a median income of $26,250 versus $20,104 for females. The per capita income for the township was $12,280. About 21.2% of families and 27.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 44.1% of those under age 18 and 20.2% of those age 65 or over.

	Municipalities and Communities of Tioga County, Pennsylvania (County Seat: Wellsboro)
Boroughs	Blossburg | Elkland | Knoxville | Lawrenceville | Liberty | Mansfield | Roseville | Tioga | Wellsboro | Westfield
Townships	Bloss | Brookfield | Charleston | Chatham | Clymer | Covington | Deerfield | Delmar | Duncan | Elk | Farmington | Gaines | Hamilton | Jackson | Lawrence | Liberty | Middlebury | Morris | Nelson | Osceola | Putnam | Richmond | Rutland | Shippen | Sullivan | Tioga | Union | Ward | Westfield