Point Township, Pennsylvania

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Point Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,722 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 70.8 km² (27.4 mi²). 65.2 km² (25.2 mi²) of it is land and 5.7 km² (2.2 mi²) of it (8.01%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 3,722 people, 1,443 households, and 1,057 families residing in the township. The population density was 57.1/km² (148.0/mi²). There were 1,523 housing units at an average density of 23.4/km² (60.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.55% White, 0.35% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.11% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.70% of the population.

There were 1,443 households out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the township the population was spread out with 20.2% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $43,276, and the median income for a family was $49,211. Males had a median income of $34,054 versus $22,708 for females. The per capita income for the township was $20,251. About 4.2% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.

	Municipalities and Communities of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (County Seat: Sunbury)
Cities	Shamokin | Sunbury
Boroughs	Herndon | Kulpmont | Marion Heights | McEwensville | Milton | Mount Carmel | Northumberland | Riverside | Snydertown | Turbotville | Watsontown
Townships	Coal | Delaware | East Cameron | East Chillisquaque | Jackson | Jordan | Lewis | Little Mahanoy | Lower Augusta | Lower Mahanoy | Mount Carmel | Point | Ralpho | Rockefeller | Rush | Shamokin | Turbot | Upper Augusta | Upper Mahanoy | Washington | West Cameron | West Chillisquaque | Zerbe
Communities and CDPs	Edgewood | Elysburg | Fairview-Ferndale | Marshallton | Trevorton