Liberty is a small borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 232 at the time of the 2020 census.[3]
Liberty, Pennsylvania | |
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 Downtown Liberty, Pennsylvania, circa mid-2000s, during the annual Blockhouse Festival Parade | |
 Location of Liberty in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. | |
  Liberty Location within the state of Pennsylvania  Liberty Liberty (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 41°33′30″N 77°06′17″W / 41.55833°N 77.10472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Tioga |
| Settled | 1792 |
| Incorporated (borough) | 1893 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.48 sq mi (1.23 km2) |
| • Land | 0.48 sq mi (1.23 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,598 ft (487 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 234 |
| • Density | 491.60/sq mi (189.65/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT |
| ZIP code | 16930 |
| Area code | 570 |
| FIPS code | 42-43128 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1215624 |
Geography
editLiberty is located at 41°33′30″N 77°6′14″W / 41.55833°N 77.10389°W (41.558446, -77.103839).[4]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.5 square mile (1.3 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 263 | — | |
| 1910 | 253 | −3.8% | |
| 1920 | 194 | −23.3% | |
| 1930 | 221 | 13.9% | |
| 1940 | 280 | 26.7% | |
| 1950 | 271 | −3.2% | |
| 1960 | 269 | −0.7% | |
| 1970 | 235 | −12.6% | |
| 1980 | 220 | −6.4% | |
| 1990 | 199 | −9.5% | |
| 2000 | 230 | 15.6% | |
| 2010 | 249 | 8.3% | |
| 2020 | 232 | −6.8% | |
| 2021 (est.) | 231 | [3] | −0.4% |
| Sources:[5][6][7][2] | |||
As of the census[6] of 2010, there were 249 people, 93 households, and 85 families residing in the borough.[8]
The population density was 446.5 inhabitants per square mile (172.4/km2). There were ninety-five housing units at an average density of 184.4 per square mile (71.2/km2).
The racial makeup of the borough was 99.13% White, and 0.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.87% of the population.
There were eighty-eight households, out of which 42.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 56.8% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 31.3% under the age of eighteen, 9.6% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.7% from twenty-five to forty-four 18.7% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 11.7% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-two years.
For every one hundre females there were 101.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 97.5 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $39,219, and the median income for a family was $38,542. Males had a median income of $27,813 compared with that of $19,688 for females.
The per capita income for the borough was $17,690.
Roughly 4.9% of families and 9.8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 13.6% of those who were under the age of eighteen. None who were aged sixty-five or older were living in poverty.
Notable people
edit- Jimmy Sebring, first baseball player to hit a World Series home run, was born in Liberty.
References
edit- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
- ^ a b Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
{{cite web}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ "2010 Demographic Profile - U.S. Census Bureau". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-12-06.