Lucerne Mines, Pennsylvania

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Lucerne Mines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 951 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

Lucerne Mines is located at 40°33′16″N, 79°9′20″W (40.554447, -79.155584)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.2 km² (0.9 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 951 people, 407 households, and 293 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 427.0/km² (1,105.8/mi²). There were 427 housing units at an average density of 191.7/km² (496.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.63% White, 1.05% African American, 0.11% Asian, and 0.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.84% of the population.

There were 407 households out of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.2% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.76.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 19.1% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 23.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $28,427, and the median income for a family was $33,580. Males had a median income of $26,719 versus $18,036 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $13,976. About 10.4% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.5% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.