Clearfield County
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Clearfield, PA 16830
Phone: (814) 765-2641
Fax: (814) 765-2640
www.clearfieldco.org
In west-central PA, north of Altoona; organized Mar 26, 1804 from Lycoming and Huntingdon counties. Functioned as part of Centre County in early years; first county commissioners elected 1812, courts established 1822. Name Origin: For Clearfield Creek, which runs through a part of the county where buffalo had cleared the undergrowth
Area (sq mi):: 1153.80 (land 1147.32; water 6.49) Population per square mile: 72.20
Population 2005: 82,783 State rank: 36 Population change: 2000-20005 -0.70%; 1990-2000 6.80% Population 2000: 83,382 (White 97.10%; Black or African American 1.50%; Hispanic or Latino 0.60%; Asian 0.30%; Other 0.90%). Foreign born: 0.70%. Median age: 39.30
Income 2000: per capita $16,010; median household $31,357; Population below poverty level: 12.50% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $21,583-$23,476
Unemployment (2004): 7.10% Unemployment change (from 2000): -1.20% Median travel time to work: 24.30 minutes Working outside county of residence: 28.20%
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