Margate, FL Population

Overview

58,331

Total Population

46.6

Median age

52.98%

Female population %

88.8:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

60-64 years

Largest age group

58.8

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

14,451

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Margate is 46.6, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Margate's population under 18 was 16.40%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Margate's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 23.33% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Margate, 13.70% were under the age of 15, 15.87% aged 15 to 29, 47.11% aged 30 to 64, 20.96% aged 65 to 84, and 2.37% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 3,475 more females than males in Margate:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 52.98% females and 47.02% males in Margate, FL.
The Margate, FL gender ratio is 88.8:100 i.e. 88.8 men to 100 women (0.888).
For male population, the largest age group is 65-69 years with a population of 2,543.
For the female population, the largest age group is 60-64 years with a population of 2,989.

Margate's population has become increasingly diverse:

Racial distribution of Margate population: 48.11% are White, 32.94% are Black or African American, 3.40% are Asian, 3.94% are some other race and 11.61% are multiracial.
Margate's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is no majority of any race in the city.
By ethnicity, 14,451 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 43,88 (75.23% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Margate is White with a population of 28,064 (48.11% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 58,888 in the year 2019
From 2000 to 2010, Margate's population decreased by 324 (0.60%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Margate's population increased by 5,360 (10.07%), 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, Margate's population was lowest in year 2010 at 53,239.