Bessemer is a borough in western

Lawrence County, Pennsylvania Lawrence County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,070. The county seat is New Castle. Lawrence County comprises the entire New Castle, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...

, United States. The population was 1,073 at the 2020 census. It is part of the

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Geography

Bessemer is located at (40.973960, -80.487517). According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.89%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,172 people, 480 households, and 345 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 496 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 98.55%

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, 0.51%

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, 0.43%

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, and 0.51% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.77% of the population. In 2000 census 9.5% of population related Croatian backgrounds, the highest percentage of the population of any municipality in the United States. There were 480 households, out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were

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living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.1% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.6% 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 2.91. In the borough the population was spread out, with 22.3% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 21.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $30,781, and the median income for a family was $35,250. Males had a median income of $32,024 versus $20,069 for females. The

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for the borough was $15,677. About 9.1% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the

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, including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

Charley Burley Charley Burley (September 6, 1917 – October 16, 1992) was an American boxer who fought as a welterweight and middleweight from 1936 to 1950. Archie Moore, the light-heavyweight champion who was defeated by Burley in a 1944 middleweight bout, w ...

, professional boxer *

Frank M. Clark Frank Monroe Clark (December 24, 1915 – June 17, 2003) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life & military service Frank Clark was born in Bessemer, Pennsylvania. He attended the Pittsburgh I ...

, U.S. Representative

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* {{authority control Populated places established in 1913 Boroughs in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania 1913 establishments in Pennsylvania

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