Turbot Township, Pennsylvania

Turbot Township, Pennsylvania
Township
a farm in the township
Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania highlighting Turbot Township
Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Northumberland
Settled	1750
Incorporated	1772
Government
• Type	Board of Supervisors
Area
• Total	14.07 sq mi (36.45 km2)
• Land	13.83 sq mi (35.83 km2)
• Water	0.24 sq mi (0.62 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,806
• Estimate (2016)	1,767
• Density	127.73/sq mi (49.32/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	570
FIPS code	42-097-77830

Turbot Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the 2010 Census was 1,806, up from 1,677 at the 2000 census.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 14.1 square miles (36.4 km²), of which, 13.9 square miles (35.9 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²) of it (1.63%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,677 people, 674 households, and 518 families residing in the township. The population density was 121.1 people per square mile (46.8/km²). There were 692 housing units at an average density of 50.0/sq mi (19.3/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.44% White, 1.25% African American, 0.30% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.36% from other races, and 0.60% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.83% of the population.

There were 674 households out of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.3% were married couples living together, 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the township the population was spread out with 22.6% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 99.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males.