Gregg Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania

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Gregg Township is a township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,119 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 117.8 km² (45.5 mi²). 117.8 km² (45.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.02% is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 2,119 people, 785 households, and 606 families residing in the township. The population density was 18.0/km² (46.6/mi²). There were 927 housing units at an average density of 7.9/km² (20.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.24% White, 0.14% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.24% Pacific Islander, 0.05% from other races, and 0.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.42% of the population.

There were 785 households out of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.5% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.8% were non-families. 19.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the township the population was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 105.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $40,858, and the median income for a family was $44,063. Males had a median income of $29,702 versus $23,400 for females. The per capita income for the township was $17,504. About 4.5% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.

	Municipalities and Communities of Centre County, Pennsylvania (County Seat: Bellefonte)
Boroughs	Bellefonte | Centre Hall | Howard | Milesburg | Millheim | Philipsburg | Port Matilda | Snow Shoe | South Philipsburg | State College | Unionville
Townships	Benner | Boggs | Burnside | College | Curtin | Ferguson | Gregg | Haines | Halfmoon | Harris | Howard | Huston | Liberty | Marion | Miles | Patton | Penn | Rush | Potter | Snow Shoe | Spring | Taylor | Union | Walker | Worth
Communities and CDPs	Aaronsburg | Blanchard | Boalsburg | Clarence | Coburn | Houserville | Julian | Lemont | Madisonburg | Monument | North Philipsburg | Park Forest Village | Pine Glen | Pine Grove Mills | Pleasant Gap | Ramblewood | Rebersburg | Sandy Ridge | Spring Mills | Stormstown | Woodward | Zion