Jackson Township, York County, Pennsylvania

Jackson Township, York County, Pennsylvania
Township
A farm in Jackson Township
Location in York County and the state of Pennsylvania.
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	York
Settled	1756
Incorporated	1857
Government
• Type	Board of Supervisors
Area
• Total	22.6 sq mi (59 km2)
• Land	22.4 sq mi (58 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	7,494
• Density	330/sq mi (130/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	717

Jackson Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,494 at the 2010 census. It was founded in 1853 from parts of Paradise Township.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 22.6 square miles (59 km²), of which 22.4 square miles (58 km²) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²), or 0.97%, is water. The township surrounds on three sides the borough of Spring Grove, located along Codorus Creek, the southern boundary of the township and the borough.

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,095 people, 2,281 households, and 1,795 families residing in the township. The population density was 272.0 people per square mile (105.0/km²). There were 2,364 housing units at an average density of 105.5/sq mi (40.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.29% White, 0.33% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.33% from other races, and 0.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.05% of the population.

There were 2,281 households out of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.1% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.3% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 2.98.