Friendship, Maine Population

Overview

1,197

Total Population

48.6

Median age

52.63%

Female population %

9:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

70-74 years

Largest age group

110.7

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

4

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Friendship town is 48.6, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Friendship town's population under 18 was 17.63%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Friendship town's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 35.92% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Friendship town, 16.62% were under the age of 15, 8.94% aged 15 to 29, 38.51% aged 30 to 64, 33.17% aged 65 to 84, and 2.76% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 63 more females than males in Friendship town:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 52.63% females and 47.37% males in Friendship, Maine.
The Friendship, Maine gender ratio is 9:100 i.e. 9 men to 100 women (0.900).
For male population, the largest age group is 70-74 years with a population of 66.
For the female population, the largest age group is 70-74 years with a population of 114.

Friendship town's population is not that diverse:

Racial distribution of Friendship town population: 98.83% are White and 1.17% are multiracial.
Friendship town's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the town.
By ethnicity, 4 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 1,193 (99.67% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Friendship town is White with a population of 1,183 (98.83% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 1,214 in the year 2002
From 2000 to 2010, Friendship town's population decreased by 53 (4.40%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Friendship town's population decreased by 5 (0.43%), 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, Friendship town's population was lowest in year 2018 at 1,137.