Richland Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

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official_name = Richland Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
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map_caption = Map of Cambria County, Pennsylvania highlighting Richland Township

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subdivision_name2 = Cambria
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established_date = 1780
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population_total = 12598
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Richland Township is a township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 12,598 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

It is approximately at 40.30°N by 78.86°W, about 27 miles WSW of Altoona. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.0 square miles (51.8 km²), of which, 20.0 square miles (51.7 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.20%) is water.

While Richland Township is a suburb of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, it serves as the central retail area for Johnstown and its two-county SMSA region.

Education

The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (called UPJ) is located in Richland Township. UPJ is a four-year, degree-granting constituent college of the University of Pittsburgh and has an enrollment of approximately 2500 full-time undergraduates. UPJ was founded in 1927, as the first regional campus of a major university in the United States (it pre-dates the University of California at Los Angeles by a few months). It relocated to its Richland Township campus in 1970.

Richland also has one school district, including Richland Senior High School. The school has 800 students in grades 8-12. At the moment(2006), a brand new high school has been built for completion for the 2007-2008 school year.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 12,598 people, 4,741 households, and 3,133 families residing in the township. The population density was 631.2 people per square mile (243.7/km²). There were 4,994 housing units at an average density of 250.2/sq mi (96.6/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.13% White, 0.78% African American, 0.10% Native American, 1.43% Asian, 0.13% from other races, and 0.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.52% of the population.

There were 4,741 households out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.8% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the township the population was spread out with 17.3% under the age of 18, 17.6% from 18 to 24, 20.5% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 22.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 85.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $36,280, and the median income for a family was $45,395. Males had a median income of $35,420 versus $25,039 for females. The per capita income for the township was $18,383. About 4.7% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

* [http://www.richlandtwp.com/ Richland Township official website]
* [http://www.upj.pitt.edu/ University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown]
* [http://www.pennhighlands.edu/ Pennsylvania Highlands Community College]