Pretty Prairie, KS Population

Overview

583

Total Population

38.2

Median age

46.31%

Female population %

115.9:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

35-39 years

Largest age group

66.6

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

13

Hispanic population

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

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Age

Pretty Prairie's population is young compared to the rest of the country:

The median age in Pretty Prairie is 38.2, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Pretty Prairie's population under 18 was 22.47%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Pretty Prairie's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 18.70% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Pretty Prairie, 21.27% were under the age of 15, 9.09% aged 15 to 29, 50.94% aged 30 to 64, 15.27% aged 65 to 84, and 3.43% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 43 less females than males in Pretty Prairie:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 46.31% females and 53.69% males in Pretty Prairie, KS.
The Pretty Prairie, KS gender ratio is 115.9:100 i.e. 115.9 men to 100 women (1.159).
For male population, the largest age group is 35-39 years with a population of 74.
For the female population, the largest age group is 10-14 years with a population of 32.

Pretty Prairie's population is moderately diverse:

Racial distribution of Pretty Prairie population: 98.80% are White, 0.69% are Black or African American and 0.51% are multiracial.
Pretty Prairie's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the city.
By ethnicity, 13 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 57 (97.77% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Pretty Prairie is White with a population of 576 (98.80% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 681 in the year 2012
From 2000 to 2010, Pretty Prairie's population increased by 53 (8.56%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Pretty Prairie's population decreased by 11 (1.64%), 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, Pretty Prairie's population was lowest in year 2007 at 601.