Howard is a

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Centre County, Pennsylvania Centre County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,172. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County is composed of the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area ...

, United States. It is part of the

State College, Pennsylvania State College is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough and Home rule municipality (Pennsylvania), home rule municipality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a college town, home to the University Park, Pennsylvania, University Park ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 687 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Howard is located at (41.013857, -77.654809). Howard is surrounded by Howard Township. According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

At the 2020 census there were 687 people, 290 households, and 204 families in the borough. The population density was . There were 311 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 97.5% White, 0.4% Black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.7% other, and 1.1% of two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4%. There were 290 households, 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were married couples living together, 3.4% had a male householder with no wife present, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. 22.4% of households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.89. The age distribution was 23.2% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% 65 or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 105.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.6 males. The median household income was $51,548 and the median family income was $54,107. The per capita income for the borough was $25,304. About 5.9% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the

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, including 7.4% of those under age 18 and 13.6% of those age 65 or over. USPO Howard PA 16841 & IOOF.jpg, Post office Lighthouse Reformed Howard PA.jpg, Lighthouse Reformed Church File:Howard Boro Hall CentreCo PA.jpg, Howard Borough Hall across from the Borough Park

References

External links

Official website
{{authority control Populated places established in 1770 Boroughs in Centre County, Pennsylvania 1864 establishments in Pennsylvania