Upper Southampton Township, Pennsylvania
| Upper Southampton Township | |
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| Township | |
Southampton Baptist Church and Cemetery, built 1772
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| Motto: "A nice place to live!" | |
.svg) Location of Pennsylvania in the United States |
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| Coordinates: 40°10′33″N 75°02′21″W / 40.17583°N 75.03917°WCoordinates: 40°10′33″N 75°02′21″W / 40.17583°N 75.03917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bucks |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.63 sq mi (17.18 km2) |
| • Land | 6.62 sq mi (17.14 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 249 ft (76 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 15,152 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 15,041 |
| • Density | 2,272.05/sq mi (877.31/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 215 |
| FIPS code | 42-017-79296 |
| Website | www |
Upper Southampton Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 15,152 at the 2010 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 6.6 square miles (17.1 km²), all of it land.
Past and present place names include Chinquapin, Churchville, Cornell, Davisville, and Southampton.
Natural features include Broad Axe Creek, Neshaminy Creek, and Pennypack Creek.
As of the 2010 census, the township was 95.8% White, 0.8% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.8% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian, and 1.1% were two or more races. 1.6% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.
As of the census of 2000, there were 15,764 people, 6,031 households, and 4,462 families residing in the township. The population density was 2,384.5 people per square mile (920.8/km²). There were 6,123 housing units at an average density of 926.2/sq mi (357.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 96.87% White, 0.77% African American, 0.06% Native American, 1.50% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.81% of the population.
There were 6,031 households, out of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.5% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.0% were non-families. 22.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.05.
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