| 2000 Census: Summary of Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin | |||||||||||
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| One Race | |||||||||||
| Geographic Area | Total Population | Total Population Over 18 | Total One Race | White | Black or African American | American Indian and Alaska Native | Asian | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | Some other race | Two or more races | Hispanic or Latino (origin any race) |
| Pennsylvania | 12 281 054 | 9 358 833 | 12 138 830 | 10 484 203 | 1 224 612 | 18 348 | 219 813 | 3 417 | 188 437 | 142 224 | 394 088 |
| Columbia County | 64 151 | 50 799 | 63 780 | 62 602 | 516 | 94 | 334 | 21 | 213 | 371 | 609 |
| Ashland borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beaver township | 885 | 688 | 883 | 880 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Benton borough | 955 | 708 | 953 | 952 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Benton township | 1 216 | 942 | 1 203 | 1 196 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 |
| Berwick borough | 10 774 | 8 289 | 10 704 | 10 462 | 95 | 30 | 46 | 5 | 66 | 70 | 175 |
| Bloomsburg town | 12 375 | 10 855 | 12 262 | 11 684 | 322 | 25 | 137 | 5 | 89 | 113 | 215 |
| Briar Creek borough | 651 | 516 | 645 | 638 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Briar Creek township | 3 061 | 2 375 | 3 053 | 3 036 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| Catawissa borough | 1 589 | 1 205 | 1 568 | 1 549 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 7 |
| Catawissa township | 944 | 744 | 943 | 939 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Centralia borough | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland township | 1 004 | 806 | 1 003 | 1 002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Conyngham township | 792 | 627 | 790 | 789 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Fishing Creek township | 1 393 | 1 083 | 1 386 | 1 382 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| Franklin township | 597 | 455 | 597 | 595 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Greenwood township | 1 932 | 1 455 | 1 918 | 1 904 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 |
| Hemlock township | 1 874 | 1 394 | 1 860 | 1 839 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 13 |
| Jackson township | 598 | 470 | 598 | 591 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Locust township | 1 410 | 1 094 | 1 409 | 1 397 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| Madison township | 1 590 | 1 249 | 1 582 | 1 574 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| Main township | 1 289 | 930 | 1 288 | 1 266 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Mifflin township | 2 251 | 1 729 | 2 242 | 2 222 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| Millville borough | 991 | 801 | 988 | 980 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Montour township | 1 437 | 1 117 | 1 421 | 1 407 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 |
| Mount Pleasant township | 1 459 | 1 093 | 1 451 | 1 441 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| North Centre township | 2 009 | 1 469 | 2 004 | 1 974 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| Orange township | 1 148 | 853 | 1 146 | 1 144 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Orangeville borough | 500 | 399 | 495 | 490 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Pine township | 1 092 | 818 | 1 088 | 1 085 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Roaring Creek township | 495 | 391 | 494 | 492 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott township | 4 768 | 3 811 | 4 744 | 4 649 | 14 | 3 | 67 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 30 |
| South Centre township | 1 972 | 1 538 | 1 963 | 1 952 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| Stillwater borough | 194 | 160 | 194 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sugarloaf township | 885 | 715 | 884 | 876 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Source: US Census Bureau | Prepared by the Pennsylvania State Data Center | ||||||||||