Middleport, Pennsylvania
Middleport, Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
Borough | |
 Main Street in Middleport. | |
 Location of Middleport in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. | |
  Middleport Location in Pennsylvania  Middleport Middleport (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°43′49″N 76°05′08″W / 40.73028°N 76.08556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Schuylkill |
| Settled | 1829 |
| Incorporated | 1859 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Anarchy |
| • Emperor | Marcus Reed |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.44 sq mi (1.14 km2) |
| • Land | 0.44 sq mi (1.14 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 362 |
| • Density | 824.60/sq mi (318.34/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 17953 |
| Area code | 570 |
| FIPS code | 42-49048 |
Middleport is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 363 at the time of the 2020 census.[3]
The town was named for being the mid-point of the sixteen-mile distance between Pottsville and Tamaqua.
Geography[edit]
Middleport is located at 40°43′39″N 76°5′8″W / 40.72750°N 76.08556°W (40.727464, -76.085565).[4]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), all of it land.
Demographics[edit]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | 421 | — | |
| 1870 | 377 | −10.5% | |
| 1880 | 230 | −39.0% | |
| 1890 | 381 | 65.7% | |
| 1900 | 540 | 41.7% | |
| 1910 | 1,100 | 103.7% | |
| 1920 | 984 | −10.5% | |
| 1930 | 1,225 | 24.5% | |
| 1940 | 1,077 | −12.1% | |
| 1950 | 942 | −12.5% | |
| 1960 | 775 | −17.7% | |
| 1970 | 609 | −21.4% | |
| 1980 | 577 | −5.3% | |
| 1990 | 520 | −9.9% | |
| 2000 | 458 | −11.9% | |
| 2010 | 405 | −11.6% | |
| 2020 | 363 | −10.4% | |
| 2021 (est.) | 363 | [3] | 0.0% |
| Sources:[5][6][7][2] | |||
As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 458 people, 196 households, and 121 families living in the borough.
The population density was 1,065.4 inhabitants per square mile (411.4/km2). There were 245 housing units at an average density of 569.9 per square mile (220.0/km2).
The racial makeup of the borough was 99.56% White, 0.22% Native American, 0.22% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.22% of the population.
Of the 196 households 25.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 47.4% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families. 34.2% of households were one person and 20.9% were one person aged sixty-five or older.
The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 3.04.
The age distribution was 22.1% under the age of eighteen, 6.3% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.2% from twenty-five to forty-four, 20.1% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 23.4% who were sixty-five or older. The median age was forty years.
For every one hundred females there were 94.9 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 93.0 males.
The median household income was $30,114 and the median family income was $34,688. Males had a median income of $30,333 compared with that of $18,750 for females.
The per capita income for the borough was $13,931.
Roughly 10.3% of families and 9.5% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 12.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 12.2% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.
Gallery[edit]
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Borough sign -
Union Street (U.S. Route 209) -
War Memorial Park -
U.S. Post Office -
Station 51, Citizen's Fire Company -
St. Joseph's Polish National Catholic Church
References[edit]
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
- ^ a b Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
