Garden Township, Michigan Population

Overview

585

Total Population

62.4

Median age

50.94%

Female population %

96.3:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

65-69 years

Largest age group

114.3

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

21

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Garden township is 62.4, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Garden township's population under 18 was 12.48%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Garden township's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 43.42% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Garden township, 9.91% were under the age of 15, 10.09% aged 15 to 29, 36.58% aged 30 to 64, 41.88% aged 65 to 84, and 1.54% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 11 more females than males in Garden township:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 50.94% females and 49.06% males in Garden Township, Michigan.
The Garden Township, Michigan gender ratio is 96.3:100 i.e. 96.3 men to 100 women (0.963).
For male population, the largest age group is 65-69 years with a population of 64.
For the female population, the largest age group is 75-79 years with a population of 49.

Garden township's population has become increasingly diverse:

Racial distribution of Garden township population: 85.81% are White, 1.88% are Black or African American, 4.27% are American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.68% are some other race and 7.35% are multiracial.
Garden township's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the township.
By ethnicity, 21 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 564 (96.41% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Garden township is White with a population of 502 (85.81% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 844 in the year 2006
From 2000 to 2010, Garden township's population decreased by 68 (8.29%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Garden township's population increased by 22 (2.93%), 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, Garden township's population was lowest in year 2019 at 728.