Blair Township, Pennsylvania Population

Overview

4,750

Total Population

44.6

Median age

50.65%

Female population %

97.4:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

55-59 years

Largest age group

54.6

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

22

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Blair township is 44.6, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Blair township's population under 18 was 21.03%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Blair township's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 21.39% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Blair township, 13.92% were under the age of 15, 18.63% aged 15 to 29, 46.06% aged 30 to 64, 19.66% aged 65 to 84, and 1.73% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 62 more females than males in Blair township:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 50.65% females and 49.35% males in Blair Township, Pennsylvania.
The Blair Township, Pennsylvania gender ratio is 97.4:100 i.e. 97.4 men to 100 women (0.974).
For male population, the largest age group is 15-19 years with a population of 281.
For the female population, the largest age group is 55-59 years with a population of 363.

Blair township's population is moderately diverse:

Racial distribution of Blair township population: 96.57% are White, 3.28% are Asian, 0.04% are some other race and 0.11% are multiracial.
Blair township's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the township.
By ethnicity, 22 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 4,728 (99.54% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Blair township is White with a population of 4,587 (96.57% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 4,777 in the year 2020
From 2000 to 2010, Blair township's population increased by 263 (6.14%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Blair township's population increased by 234 (5.15%), 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, Blair township's population was lowest in year 2000 at 4,280.