Polk is a borough in

Venango County Venango County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 50,454. Its county seat is Franklin. The county was created in 1800 and later organized in 1805. Venango County comprises the Oil City, ...

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, United States. The population was 703 at the 2020 census. Polk State Center, a state-run facility for the intellectually disabled, was opened in 1897 and is located in the borough. In 2019, Pennsylvania announced a plan to close the facility. Families and residents sued Pennsylvania in an attempt to prevent the closure.

Geography

Polk (pronounced poke) is located at (41.371532, -79.929445). According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and 0.51% is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,031 people, 196 households, and 127 families residing in the borough. The

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was 531.0 people per square mile (205.2/km²). There were 209 housing units at an average density of 107.6 per square mile (41.6/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 96.22%

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, 2.72%

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, 0.19% Native American, 0.29%

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, 0.39% from

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, and 0.19% from two or more races. There were 196 households, out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were

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living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.2% were non-families. 33.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.95. In the borough the population was spread out, with 11.6% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 37.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 102.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.8 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $33,929, and the median income for a family was $38,438. Males had a median income of $22,273 versus $31,875 for females. The

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for the borough was $12,963. About 3.1% of families and 35.0% of the population were below the

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, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 42.5% of those age 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Boroughs in Venango County, Pennsylvania Populated places established in 1839 1839 establishments in Pennsylvania