Palos Park, IL Population

Overview

4,859

Total Population

56.6

Median age

52.27%

Female population %

91.3:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

60-64 years

Largest age group

82.3

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

459

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Palos Park is 56.6, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Palos Park's population under 18 was 16.86%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Palos Park's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 30.95% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Palos Park, 14.20% were under the age of 15, 9.22% aged 15 to 29, 45.63% aged 30 to 64, 26.24% aged 65 to 84, and 4.71% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 221 more females than males in Palos Park:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 52.27% females and 47.73% males in Palos Park, IL.
The Palos Park, IL gender ratio is 91.3:100 i.e. 91.3 men to 100 women (0.913).
For male population, the largest age group is 60-64 years with a population of 284.
For the female population, the largest age group is 60-64 years with a population of 416.

Palos Park's population has become increasingly diverse:

Racial distribution of Palos Park population: 85.08% are White, 0.72% are Black or African American, 1.07% are Asian, 8.50% are some other race and 4.63% are multiracial.
Palos Park's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the village.
By ethnicity, 459 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 4,4 (90.55% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Palos Park is White with a population of 4,134 (85.08% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 4,941 in the year 2009
From 2000 to 2010, Palos Park's population increased by 113 (2.38%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Palos Park's population increased by 41 (0.84%), 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, Palos Park's population was lowest in year 2006 at 4,701.