Jessup Township, Pennsylvania

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Jessup Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 564 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 55.7 km² (21.5 mi²). 55.5 km² (21.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.51%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 564 people, 210 households, and 157 families residing in the township. The population density was 10.2/km² (26.3/mi²). There were 264 housing units at an average density of 4.8/km² (12.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.34% White, 0.89% African American, 0.18% from other races, and 1.60% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.18% of the population.

There were 210 households out of which 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.9% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the township the population was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 108.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $38,542, and the median income for a family was $46,071. Males had a median income of $26,750 versus $19,643 for females. The per capita income for the township was $17,688. About 5.6% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.2% of those under age 18 and 12.9% of those age 65 or over.

	Municipalities and Communities of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (County Seat: Montrose)
Boroughs	Forest City | Friendsville | Great Bend | Hallstead | Hop Bottom | Lanesboro | Little Meadows | Montrose | New Milford | Oakland | Susquehanna Depot | Thompson | Union Dale
Townships	Apolacon | Ararat | Auburn | Bridgewater | Brooklyn | Choconut | Clifford | Dimock | Forest Lake | Franklin | Gibson | Great Bend | Harford | Harmony | Herrick | Jackson | Jessup | Lathrop | Lenox | Liberty | Middletown | New Milford | Oakland | Rush | Silver Lake | Springville | Thompson