Sergeant Township is a township in McKean County,

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, United States. The population was 147 at the time of the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of 80.3 square miles (208.0 km²), of which 80.3 square miles (207.9 km²) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km²) (0.05%) is water.

Climate

Clermont is a populated place within the Sergeant Township. Clermont has a

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(

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''Dfb''), with warm summers and cold, snowy winters.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were one hundred and seventy-six people, seventy-seven households and fifty-eight families residing in the township. The

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was 2.2 people per square mile (0.8/km²). There were three hundred and twenty-nine housing units at an average density of 4.1/sq mi (1.6/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 96.02%

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, 0.57%

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, and 3.41% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.27% of the population. There were seventy-seven households, out of which 24.7% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 66.2% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.4% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.64. In the township, the population was spread out, with 17.6% under the age of eighteen, 5.1% from eighteen to twenty-four, 22.7% from twenty-five to forty-four, 33.5% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 21.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-eight years. For every one hundred females, there were 114.6 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 113.2 males. The median income for a household in the township was $33,438, and the median income for a family was $37,813. Males had a median income of $33,000 compared with $21,875 for females. The

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for the township was $16,063. About 6.2% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the

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, including 8.5% of those under the age of 18 and 18.4% of those 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Populated places established in 1809 Townships in McKean County, Pennsylvania Townships in Pennsylvania