Rose Township, Pennsylvania

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Rose Township is a township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,232 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 49.6 km² (19.1 mi²). 49.5 km² (19.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.10%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 1,232 people, 474 households, and 357 families residing in the township. The population density was 24.9/km² (64.4/mi²). There were 529 housing units at an average density of 10.7/km² (27.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.94% White, 0.16% African American, and 0.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.08% of the population.

There were 474 households out of which 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.1% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.5% were non-families. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the township the population was spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $33,636, and the median income for a family was $39,236. Males had a median income of $30,664 versus $18,542 for females. The per capita income for the township was $17,472. About 6.2% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.6% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.

	Municipalities and Communities of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (County Seat: Brookville)
Boroughs	Big Run | Brockway | Brookville | Corsica | Falls Creek | Punxsutawney | Reynoldsville | Summerville | Sykesville | Timblin | Worthville
Townships	Barnett | Beaver | Bell | Clover | Eldred | Gaskill | Heath | Henderson | Knox | McCalmont | Oliver | Perry | Pine Creek | Polk | Porter | Ringgold | Rose | Snyder | Union | Warsaw | Washington | Winslow | Young