Mount Carmel Township is a

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that is located in

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in the United States. The population at the time of the 2010 Census was 3,139, which was an increase over the figure of 2,701 that was tabulated during the

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History

Established in 1854, this American township was named after

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and was formed from part of Coal Township.

Geography

Pennsylvania Route 901 west in Mount Carmel Township

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.82%) is water. It contains the boroughs of

, Kulpmont, and Marion Heights within its borders. Its villages include:

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, Beaverdale, Connorsville, Den Mar Gardens, Diamondtown, Dooleyville, Locust Gap, Merriam, Mount Carmel Estates,

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, Oak Ridge Estates, Reliance, Shady Acres, and

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,701 people, 1,086 households, and 729 families residing in the township. The

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was . There were 1,250 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 99.56%

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, 0.11% Asian, 0.04%

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, 0.04% from other races, and 0.26% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.11% of the population. There were 1,086 households, out of which 27.0% had children under the age of eighteen who were living with them, 51.3% were

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living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. Out of all of the households that were documented, 30.3% were made up of individuals, and 17.6% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.93. Within the township, the population was spread out, with 20.9% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 5.5% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 23.4% who were aged twenty-five to sixty-four, 24.8% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 25.4% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-five years. For every one hundred females, there were 88.0 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 82.3 males. The median income for a household in the township was $28,438, and the median income for a family was $35,847. Males had a median income of $31,713 compared with that of $23,047 for females. The

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for the township was $15,376. Approximately 9.4% of families and 10.8% of the population were living below the

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, including 12.0% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 13.1% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

References

External links

Mount Carmel Township
{{Coord, 40, 46, 00, N, 76, 27, 59, W, type:city_region:US-PA_source:GNIS-enwiki, display=title 1854 establishments in Pennsylvania Townships in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Townships in Pennsylvania