La Plume Township, Pennsylvania Population

Overview

287

Total Population

53.3

Median age

53.66%

Female population %

86.4:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

55-59 years

Largest age group

64.0

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

Zero

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in La Plume township is 53.3, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
La Plume township's population under 18 was 9.41%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
La Plume township's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 30.31% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in La Plume township, 8.71% were under the age of 15, 13.94% aged 15 to 29, 47.04% aged 30 to 64, 22.65% aged 65 to 84, and 7.67% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 21 more females than males in La Plume township:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 53.66% females and 46.34% males in La Plume Township, Pennsylvania.
The La Plume Township, Pennsylvania gender ratio is 86.4:100 i.e. 86.4 men to 100 women (0.864).
For male population, the largest age group is 65-69 years with a population of 20.
For the female population, the largest age group is 55-59 years with a population of 35.

La Plume township's population is moderately diverse:

Racial distribution of La Plume township population: 97.21% are White, 1.74% are Asian and 1.05% are multiracial.
La Plume township's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the township.
By ethnicity, Zero is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 287 (100% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in La Plume township is White with a population of 279 (97.21% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 595 in the year 2000
From 2000 to 2010, La Plume township's population decreased by 2 (0.34%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, La Plume township's population decreased by 108 (18.21%), 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, La Plume township's population was lowest in year 2022 at 479.