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In the township, the population was spread out, with 24.1% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over,
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living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.3% were non-families. 15.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.03.
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was 128.6 people per square mile (49.7 people/km). There were 1,458 housing units at an average density of 54.0 per square mile (20.8/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.65%
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Township, of which 17.17 miles (27.63 km) were maintained by the
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Towamensing Township. It crosses from northeast-to-southwest on the southeast side of Beltzville Lake.
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624:(PennDOT) and 67.81 miles (109.13 km) were maintained by the township.
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370:Towamensing Township is in southeastern
24:Lower Towamensing Township, Pennsylvania
688:"Population and Housing Unit Estimates"
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710:History of Carbon County Pennsylvania
642:History of Carbon County Pennsylvania
192:27.14 sq mi (70.28 km)
184:28.91 sq mi (74.89 km)
1227:Populated places established in 1768
566:, and 0.43% from two or more races.
81:Location of Towamensing Township in
29:Place in Pennsylvania, United States
1222:1768 establishments in Pennsylvania
200:1.78 sq mi (4.61 km)
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96:Location of Carbon County in
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875:Carbon County, Pennsylvania
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226: • Estimate
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408:Lower Towamensing Township
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353:Beltzville State Park
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1200:United States portal
1077:Indian Mountain Lake
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234: • Density
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281:Area code(s)
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1119:Aquashicola
1105:communities
1049:Towamensing
1044:Penn Forest
960:Summit Hill
920:Bowmanstown
890:County seat
805:January 31,
564:other races
523:2016 (est.)
349:2010 census
320:in eastern
127: /
1216:Categories
1149:Little Gap
1134:Forest Inn
955:Parryville
930:Jim Thorpe
897:Jim Thorpe
669:August 13,
634:References
455:) and the
396:Forest Inn
213:Population
115:75°37′30″W
112:40°52′29″N
1178:Footnotes
1164:Packerton
1129:Audenried
1004:East Penn
991:Townships
970:Weissport
965:Weatherly
950:Palmerton
940:Lehighton
925:East Side
830:March 17,
826:. PennDOT
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410:- (south)
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366:Geography
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293:FIPS code
243:Time zone
205:Elevation
1144:Junedale
1124:Ashfield
1088:Tresckow
1034:Mahoning
1019:Lausanne
1009:Franklin
935:Lansford
907:Boroughs
744:April 7,
568:Hispanic
558:, 0.23%
554:, 0.09%
550:, 0.43%
318:township
1139:Harrity
1113:Andreas
780:June 4,
693:June 9,
439:Climate
302:Website
141:Country
1039:Packer
1024:Lehigh
1014:Kidder
572:Latino
473:Census
170:Carbon
165:County
1103:Other
999:Banks
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560:Asian
548:White
531:−1.5%
526:4,409
518:28.8%
513:4,477
498:3,475
269:UTC-4
248:UTC-5
229:4,409
221:4,477
153:State
1059:CDPs
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807:2008
782:2016
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671:2017
509:2010
494:2000
482:Note
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