Beaver township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania Population

Overview

867

Total Population

50.1

Median age

48.79%

Female population %

105:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

55-59 years

Largest age group

44.5

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

Zero

Hispanic population

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2021

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Age

Beaver township's population is old compared to the rest of the country:

The median age in Beaver township is 50.1, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Beaver township's population under 18 was 15.80%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Beaver township's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 18.34% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Beaver township, 12.46% were under the age of 15, 15.69% aged 15 to 29, 53.52% aged 30 to 64, 17.30% aged 65 to 84, and 1.04% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 21 less females than males in Beaver township:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 48.79% females and 51.21% males in Beaver township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
The Beaver township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania gender ratio is 105:100 i.e. 105 men to 100 women (1.050).
For male population, the largest age group is 55-59 years with a population of 68.
For the female population, the largest age group is 55-59 years with a population of 57.

Beaver township's population is moderately diverse:

Racial distribution of Beaver township population: 97.92% are White, 0.35% are Asian, 0.46% are some other race and 1.27% are multiracial.
Beaver township's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the township.
By ethnicity, Zero is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 867 (100% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Beaver township is White with a population of 849 (97.92% of the total population).

Beaver township's population has already reached its peak and is showing a trend of decline:

The peak population was 994 in the year 2009
From 2000 to 2010, Beaver township's population increased by 34 (3.83%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Beaver township's population decreased by 40 (4.34%), according to Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program. For the same period, the rate of growth for the United States was 7.17%.
Between the year 2000 and 2022, Beaver township's population was lowest in year 2020 at 881.