Tamaqua Borough, Pennsylvania

Tamaqua Borough, Pennsylvania is a borough of the Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is home to over 7174 people (2000 census). As of July 2008, the estimated population of the borough is 6581, It is the 179th largest in terms of population. The borough spans an area of 9.96 mi˛ (25.8 square kilometre), of which, 9.83 square miles (25.46 square kilometre) of it is land and 0.13 square miles (0.34 square kilometre) of it is water, it is the 46th largest in terms of geographical size.

As of the census of 2000, there were 7174 people in the borough, organized into 3179 households, and 1901 families residing in the borough. The population density was 729.9 people per square mile (281.82/km˛), it is the 331st least populated borough in terms of population density. There were 3602 housing units at an average density of 366.4 per square mile (141.47/km˛). It has an average household size was 2.25 persons, and the average family size was 2.93 persons. In the Tamaqua Borough, 21.8% of the population was under the age of 18, 6.9% were 18 to 24, 28.4% were 25 to 44, 21.7% were 45 to 64, and 21.2% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 92 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.2 males. The median age of the borough's population was 40.1 years, The median age of males and females living in Tamaqua Borough was 37.2 and 43.4 years respectively. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.69% White, 0.18% Black or African American, 0.08% American Indian, 0.22% Asian, 0% Native Hawaiian, 0.57% from two or more races and 0.25% Other races.

Tamaqua borough Pennsylvania Population 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Population 2000-2008
Tamaqua borough Pennsylvania School Enrollment
School Enrollment 2000
Tamaqua Borough Pennsylvania GDP
GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the borough was $27899, making it the 262nd poorest borough by median household income among the Pennsylvania. The median income for a family in the borough was $36406, it would be the 337th lowest borough by median family income in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The per capita income for the borough was $15752, it is the 441st lowest borough by per capita income in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The median income of borough was $20083, Males had a median income of $26452 versus $14153 for females.

In 2000, 1390 pupils and students, of which 731 are male and 659 are female, 19.38% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, total enrollment of student are in, 76 nursery or pri school, 109 kindergarten, 767 elementary school, 346 high school and 92 College graduate school.

YearPopulation
April 2000 census7174
April 2000 Estimate7174
July 2000 Estimate7151
July 2001 Estimate7051
July 2002 Estimate6964
July 2003 Estimate6863
July 2004 Estimate6770
July 2005 Estimate6685
July 2006 Estimate6650
July 2007 Estimate6611
July 2008 Estimate6581
SchoolMaleFemaleTotal
Nursery school255176
Kindergarten3772109
Elementary school442325767
High school169177346
College or graduate school583492
PlaceMedian household incomeMedian family incomePer capita income
Tamaqua borough, Pennsylvania$27899$36406$15752
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania$32699$41279$17230
Pennsylvania, United States$40106$49184$20880
United States$41994$50046$21587