Beaver County, Pennsylvania

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Beaver County is a county in the United States of Pennsylvania. The population of the county was 181412 as per the 2000 census data. The county's estimated population as of July 2008 was 172476, making it the 20th most populous county in Pennsylvania. The county extends throughout a territory of 443.9 sq mi (1149.7 kmē ), of which, 434.21 square miles (1124.6 kmē) of it is land and 9.69 square miles (25.1 kmē) of it is water, it is the 17th smallest by area in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.


As of the census of 2000, there were 181412 people, 72576 households, and 50521 families residing in the county. The population density was 417.8 people per square mile (161.31/kmē), it is the 14th most densely populated county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There were 77765 housing units at an average density of 179.1 per square mile (69.15/kmē). It has an average household size was 2.44 persons, and the average family size was 2.96 persons. Age range in the county was well distributed with 22.6% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males. It has an estimated population (as of July 2008) of 172476, The racial makeup of the county was 92.01% White, 6.28% Black or African American, 0.14% American Indian, 0.37% Asian, 0.02% Native Hawaiian, and 1.18% from two or more races.

Population 2000-2008

School Enrollment 2000

GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the county was $36995, it is the 25th wealthiest county in terms of median household income. The median income for a family in the county was $45495, it would be the 25th highest county by median family income in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The per capita income for the county was $18402, making its Pennsylvania's 24th highest county by per capita income.

In 2000, 41572 pupils and students, of which 50.02% are male and 49.98% are female, 22.92% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 7.17% nursery or pri school, 5.5% kindergarten, 46.9% elementary school, 23.7% high school and 16.73% College graduate school.

Rank	City	County	Total Area mi2	Land Area mi2	Water Area mi2	Population	Density mi2	Per capita Income	House hold Income
1	Aliquippa City	Beaver County	4.48	4.09	0.38	11734	2867.7	13718	25113
2	Ambridge Borough	Beaver County	1.71	1.48	0.22	7769	5232.8	15089	26263
3	Baden Borough	Beaver County	2.49	2.29	0.2	4377	1913.8	17112	32924
4	Beaver Borough	Beaver County	1.08	0.93	0.15	4775	5119.3	24003	42113
5	Beaver Falls City	Beaver County	2.28	2.12	0.16	9920	4681.6	13808	26344
6	Big Beaver Borough	Beaver County	18	17.82	0.18	2186	122.7	17228	37297
7	Bridgewater Borough	Beaver County	0.77	0.69	0.08	739	1068.5	19695	38750
8	Conway Borough	Beaver County	1.46	1.25	0.2	2290	1825.3	18699	34181
9	Darlington Borough	Beaver County	0.09	0.09	0	299	3217.7	15938	30125
10	East Rochester Borough	Beaver County	0.47	0.4	0.07	623	1568.3	14465	25625
11	Eastvale Borough	Beaver County	0.12	0.09	0.04	293	3424.8	14063	30781
12	Economy Borough	Beaver County	17.77	17.7	0.07	9363	529	22453	52446
13	Ellwood City Borough	Beaver County, Lawrence County	2.39	2.34	0.05	8688	3716.6	15784	28926
14	Fallston Borough	Beaver County	0.5	0.45	0.04	307	678.7	15312	30000
15	Frankfort Springs Borough	Beaver County	0.25	0.25	0	130	520.4	12776	31458
16	Freedom Borough	Beaver County	0.72	0.59	0.13	1763	2984.4	16261	30741
17	Georgetown Borough	Beaver County	0.27	0.18	0.09	182	1010.6	19838	57500
18	Glasgow Borough	Beaver County	0.13	0.08	0.05	63	778.4	17989	33500
19	Harmony Township Cdp	Beaver County	3.03	2.87	0.16	3373	1176.3	18663	37056
20	Homewood Borough	Beaver County	0.17	0.17	0	147	855.1	34486	33333
21	Hookstown Borough	Beaver County	0.12	0.12	0	152	1279.5	16499	27500
22	Industry Borough	Beaver County	10.56	9.84	0.72	1921	195.2	18337	38125
23	Koppel Borough	Beaver County	0.53	0.53	0.01	856	1619	17101	32059
24	Midland Borough	Beaver County	2.21	2.04	0.17	3137	1537.1	17066	23117
25	Monaca Borough	Beaver County	2.5	2.09	0.41	6286	3004	17001	33706
26	New Brighton Borough	Beaver County	1.12	1.03	0.09	6641	6450.1	13475	25932
27	New Galilee Borough	Beaver County	0.28	0.28	0	424	1522.5	13649	30625
28	Ohioville Borough	Beaver County	23.7	23.36	0.34	3759	160.9	17837	39962
29	Patterson Heights Borough	Beaver County	0.25	0.24	0.01	670	2757.4	21244	49917
30	Patterson Township Cdp	Beaver County	1.69	1.68	0.01	3197	1903.1	21982	41364
31	Rochester Borough	Beaver County	0.7	0.59	0.12	4014	6861.5	15359	30970
32	Shippingport Borough	Beaver County	3.64	3.28	0.36	237	72.2	13759	33333
33	South Heights Borough	Beaver County	0.44	0.35	0.09	542	1556.5	16440	31023
34	West Mayfield Borough	Beaver County	0.78	0.78	0	1187	1514.8	17609	36324

Year	Population
April 2000 census	181412
April 2000 Estimate	181412
July 2000 Estimate	181115
July 2001 Estimate	179593
July 2002 Estimate	178599
July 2003 Estimate	177871
July 2004 Estimate	176863
July 2005 Estimate	175355
July 2006 Estimate	173950
July 2007 Estimate	173023
July 2008 Estimate	172476

School	Male	Female	Total
Nursery school	1313	1669	2982
Kindergarten	1231	1057	2288
Elementary school	10064	9432	19496
High school	4962	4890	9852
College or graduate school	3224	3730	6954

Place	Median household income	Median family income	Per capita income
Beaver County, Pennsylvania	$36995	$45495	$18402
Pennsylvania, United States	$40106	$49184	$20880
United States	$41994	$50046	$21587