Forest Town, Richland County, Wisconsin Population

Overview

370

Total Population

44.0

Median age

42.43%

Female population %

135.7:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

45-49 years

Largest age group

49.8

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

9

Hispanic population

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

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Age

Forest town's population is old compared to the rest of the country:

The median age in Forest town is 44.0, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Forest town's population under 18 was 21.35%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Forest town's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 20.27% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Forest town, 12.97% were under the age of 15, 17.84% aged 15 to 29, 48.92% aged 30 to 64, 20.00% aged 65 to 84, and 0.27% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 56 less females than males in Forest town:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 42.43% females and 57.57% males in Forest Town, Richland County, Wisconsin.
The Forest Town, Richland County, Wisconsin gender ratio is 135.7:100 i.e. 135.7 men to 100 women (1.357).
For male population, the largest age group is 45-49 years with a population of 40.
For the female population, the largest age group is 15-19 years with a population of 22.

Forest town's population is moderately diverse:

Racial distribution of Forest town population: 97.57% are White, 0.81% are Asian, 0.27% are some other race and 1.35% are multiracial.
Forest town's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the town.
By ethnicity, 9 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 361 (97.57% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Forest town is White with a population of 361 (97.57% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 414 in the year 2004
From 2000 to 2010, Forest town's population decreased by 48 (12.03%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Forest town's population decreased by 17 (4.84%), 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, Forest town's population was lowest in year 2022 at 333.