Plover Town, Portage County, Wisconsin Population

Overview

1,558

Total Population

40.6

Median age

47.37%

Female population %

111.1:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

10-14 years

Largest age group

69.3

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

217

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Plover town is 40.6, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Plover town's population under 18 was 28.50%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Plover town's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 18.23% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Plover town, 22.72% were under the age of 15, 16.05% aged 15 to 29, 43.00% aged 30 to 64, 17.59% aged 65 to 84, and 0.64% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 82 less females than males in Plover town:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 47.37% females and 52.63% males in Plover Town, Portage County, Wisconsin.
The Plover Town, Portage County, Wisconsin gender ratio is 111.1:100 i.e. 111.1 men to 100 women (1.111).
For male population, the largest age group is 65-69 years with a population of 79.
For the female population, the largest age group is 10-14 years with a population of 91.

Plover town's population has become increasingly diverse:

Racial distribution of Plover town population: 92.94% are White, 1.35% are Asian, 5.07% are some other race and 0.64% are multiracial.
Plover town's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the town.
By ethnicity, 217 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 1,341 (86.07% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Plover town is White with a population of 1,448 (92.94% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 1,669 in the year 2019
From 2000 to 2010, Plover town's population decreased by 30 (1.83%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Plover town's population decreased by 52 (3.23%), 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, Plover town's population was lowest in year 2021 at 1,554.