Williamstown (Pennsylvania)

Dauphin County

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Williamstown is a city in Dauphin County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania in the United States with 1433 inhabitants ( 2000). The city is located about 63 km northeast of Harrisburg. in the 19th century anthracite coal was mined in the city. Williamstown is part of the " Harrisburg - Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area ."

Demography

According to the census of 2000, there were 1433 people in 611 households, and 406 families. The population density was 2 866 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 99.02 % White, 0.14 % African American, 0.07 % Native American, 0.21 % Asian, 0.07 % from other races, and 0.49% mixed race. 0.35 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 611 households out of which 25.7 % have children under the age of 18 living with them. 49.3 % were married couples living together, 11.6 % had a female householder with no husband, and 33.4 % were non-families. 29.0 % of all households are made up and 15.9% had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or over only. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.83.

In relation to the entire town the population was spread out with 21.8 % under the age of 18, 8.0 % from 18 to 24, 27.5 % between 25 and 44 years, 22.0% between 45 and 64 years and 20.7% were 65 years old or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.5 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 33,359, and the median income for a family was $ 36,548. Males have a median income of $ 31,855, women $ 23,125. The per capita income was $ 15,744. 11.9 % of families and 14.7 % of the population were below the poverty line (including 18.6 % of children and 10.8 % of people over 65 years ).

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