Wampum | |
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Location of Wampum in Lawrence County |
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Location of Wampum in Pennsylvania | |
Coordinates: 40°53′19″N 80°20′23″W / 40.88861°N 80.33972°WCoordinates: 40°53′19″N 80°20′23″W / 40.88861°N 80.33972°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Lawrence |
Established | 1796 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jeff Steffler |
Area | |
• Total | 1.0 sq mi (3 km2) |
• Land | 0.9 sq mi (2 km2) |
• Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 717 |
• Density | 720/sq mi (280/km2) |
Time zone | EST (UTC-4) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-5) |
Area code(s) | 724 |
Wampum is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 717 at the 2010 census.
Wampum is located at 40°53′19″N 80°20′23″W / 40.88861°N 80.33972°W (40.888657, -80.339650).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), of which 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2), or 4.17%, is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 678 people, 290 households, and 182 families residing in the borough. The population density was 736.1 people per square mile (284.5/km²). There were 310 housing units at an average density of 336.6 per square mile (130.1/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.05% White, 1.77% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.44% Asian, and 0.59% from two or more races.
There were 290 households, out of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.9% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.99.