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{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{update|demographics|date=July 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Ringtown, Pennsylvania
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|settlement_type = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]]
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|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania|Schuylkill]]
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|government_type = Borough Council
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Albert Breznik
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1833
|established_title1 = Incorporated
|established_date1 = 1909
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|population_total = 721
|population_density_km2 = 634.99
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|timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|postal_code              = 17967
|area_code                = 570
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'''Ringtown''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] that is located in [[Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], Ringtown had a population of 721.<ref name="Census2020PLLede">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N&for=place%3A65000&in=state%3A42|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=February 20, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> It is approximately five miles north to northwest of [[Shenandoah, Pennsylvania|Shenandoah]] and seventeen miles west to southwest of [[Hazleton, Pennsylvania|Hazleton]].
==Geography==
Ringtown is located at {{coord|40|51|27|N|76|14|1|W|type:city}} (40.857604, −76.233718).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|0.4|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|1910= 723
|1920= 785
|1930= 899
|1940= 910
|1950= 835
|1960= 849
|1970= 880
|1980= 837
|1990= 853
|2000= 826
|2010= 818
|2020= 721
|estyear=2021
|estimate=723
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021">{{cite web |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=August 1, 2022}}</ref> {{increase}}
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=June 11, 2013}}</ref>
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At the time of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], there were 826 people, 319 households, and 231 families located in the borough.

The population density was {{convert|1,869.1|/sqmi}}. There were 340 housing units at an average density of {{convert|769.4|/sqmi}}.

The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial make-up]] of the borough was 98.79% White, 0.12% African American, 0.48% Asian and 0.61% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.61%.<ref name="GR2" />

Of the 319 households documented by the census, 30.4% had children who were under the age of eighteen living with them, 59.2% had married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% had residents classified as non-families. Of all households, 23.2% were one-person households and 12.9% had one person living alone who was aged sixty-five or older.

The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.09.

The age distribution of residents documented by the census was 24.7% who were under the age of eighteen, 6.4% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 25.7% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 22.5% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 20.7% who were aged sixty-five or older. The median age was thirty-nine years.

For every one hundred females, there were 89.4 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 92.6 males.

The [[median household income]] was $36,563 and the median family income was $43,125. The median income for males was $32,685, as compared to $22,000 for females.

The per capita income was $20,345.

Approximately 2.6% of families and 4.6% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 4.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 11.2% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

==Education==
The school district is [[North Schuylkill School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42107_schuylkill/DC20SD_C42107.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Schuylkill County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-12-14}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42107_schuylkill/DC20SD_C42107_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref><!--UNI 10110-->

==Notable person==
*[[Danny Litwhiler]], baseball player and coach

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1833]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1909 establishments in Pennsylvania]]