Penn Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

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Penn Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,326 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 65.6 km² (25.3 mi²). 65.5 km² (25.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.12%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 1,326 people, 514 households, and 391 families residing in the township. The population density was 20.2/km² (52.4/mi²). There were 568 housing units at an average density of 8.7/km² (22.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.47% White, 0.08% African American, 0.08% Asian, 0.15% from other races, and 0.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.30% of the population.

There were 514 households out of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.9% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the township the population was spread out with 22.9% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 98.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $32,550, and the median income for a family was $38,000. Males had a median income of $27,850 versus $18,625 for females. The per capita income for the township was $13,994. About 7.7% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] School Districts

Curwensville Area School District

	Municipalities and Communities of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (County Seat: Clearfield)
Cities	DuBois
Boroughs	Brisbin | Burnside | Chester Hill | Clearfield | Coalport | Curwensville | Falls Creek | Glen Hope | Grampian | Houtzdale | Irvona | Lumber City | Mahaffey | New Washington | Newburg | Osceola Mills | Ramey | Troutville | Wallaceton | Westover
Townships	Beccaria | Bell | Bigler | Bloom | Boggs | Bradford | Brady | Burnside | Chest | Cooper | Covington | Decatur | Ferguson | Girard | Goshen | Graham | Greenwood | Gulich | Huston | Jordan | Karthaus | Knox | Lawrence | Morris | Penn | Pike | Pine | Sandy | Union | Woodward
Communities and CDPs	Hyde | Plymptonville | Sandy | Treasure Lake