Boonton Township, New Jersey Population

Overview

4,375

Total Population

44.7

Median age

53.01%

Female population %

88.7:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

15-19 years

Largest age group

62.2

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

156

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Boonton township is 44.7, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Boonton township's population under 18 was 26.56%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Boonton township's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 19.11% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Boonton township, 19.22% were under the age of 15, 17.65% aged 15 to 29, 44.02% aged 30 to 64, 15.95% aged 65 to 84, and 3.15% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 263 more females than males in Boonton township:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 53.01% females and 46.99% males in Boonton Township, New Jersey.
The Boonton Township, New Jersey gender ratio is 88.7:100 i.e. 88.7 men to 100 women (0.887).
For male population, the largest age group is 45-49 years with a population of 190.
For the female population, the largest age group is 15-19 years with a population of 246.

Boonton township's population is moderately diverse:

Racial distribution of Boonton township population: 88.02% are White, 0.89% are Black or African American, 10.24% are Asian, 0.09% are some other race and 0.75% are multiracial.
Boonton township's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the township.
By ethnicity, 156 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 4,219 (96.43% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Boonton township is White with a population of 3,851 (88.02% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 4,496 in the year 2009
From 2000 to 2010, Boonton township's population increased by 4 (0.09%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Boonton township's population increased by 99 (2.32%), 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, Boonton township's population was lowest in year 2019 at 4,235.