Newport, Pennsylvania

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Newport is a borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,506 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

Newport is located at 40°28′42″N, 77°8′2″W (40.478260, -77.133997)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 1,506 people, 666 households, and 402 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,762.0/km² (4,604.8/mi²). There were 743 housing units at an average density of 869.3/km² (2,271.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.54% White, 0.13% African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.27% from other races, and 0.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.66% of the population.

There were 666 households out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.6% were non-families. 35.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the borough the population was spread out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.0 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $31,594, and the median income for a family was $39,545. Males had a median income of $31,413 versus $22,344 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $16,818. About 6.8% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.1% of those under age 18 and 11.4% of those age 65 or over.


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Municipalities and Communities of Perry County, Pennsylvania
(County Seat: New Bloomfield)
Boroughs Blain | Duncannon | Landisburg | Liverpool | Marysville | Millerstown | New Bloomfield | New Buffalo | Newport
Townships Buffalo | Carroll | Centre | Greenwood | Howe | Jackson | Juniata | Liverpool | Miller | Northeast Madison | Oliver | Penn | Rye | Saville | Southwest Madison | Spring | Toboyne | Tuscarora | Tyrone | Watts | Wheatfield
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