Mount Hope, KS Population

Overview

824

Total Population

41.6

Median age

50.97%

Female population %

96.2:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

25-29 years

Largest age group

77.6

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

105

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Mount Hope is 41.6, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Mount Hope's population under 18 was 20.75%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Mount Hope's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 24.27% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Mount Hope, 19.42% were under the age of 15, 20.27% aged 15 to 29, 36.04% aged 30 to 64, 18.81% aged 65 to 84, and 5.46% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 16 more females than males in Mount Hope:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 50.97% females and 49.03% males in Mount Hope, KS.
The Mount Hope, KS gender ratio is 96.2:100 i.e. 96.2 men to 100 women (0.962).
For male population, the largest age group is 25-29 years with a population of 62.
For the female population, the largest age group is 65-69 years with a population of 65.

Mount Hope's population is moderately diverse:

Racial distribution of Mount Hope population: 92.60% are White, 4.37% are some other race and 3.03% are multiracial.
Mount Hope's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the city.
By ethnicity, 105 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 719 (87.26% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Mount Hope is White with a population of 763 (92.60% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 869 in the year 2009
From 2000 to 2010, Mount Hope's population decreased by 30 (3.56%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Mount Hope's population decreased by 7 (0.86%), 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, Mount Hope's population was lowest in year 2018 at 801.