Roper, NC Population

Overview

644

Total Population

37.4

Median age

66.77%

Female population %

49.8:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

0-4 years

Largest age group

80.9

Total dependency ratio

Black or African American

Largest racial group

144

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Roper is 37.4, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Roper's population under 18 was 33.39%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Roper's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 17.70% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Roper, 27.02% were under the age of 15, 16.15% aged 15 to 29, 39.13% aged 30 to 64, 15.84% aged 65 to 84, and 1.86% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 216 more females than males in Roper:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 66.77% females and 33.23% males in Roper, NC.
The Roper, NC gender ratio is 49.8:100 i.e. 49.8 men to 100 women (0.498).
For male population, the largest age group is 0-4 years with a population of 31.
For the female population, the largest age group is 50-54 years with a population of 56.

Roper's population is moderately diverse:

Racial distribution of Roper population: 11.18% are White, 66.46% are Black or African American, 20.34% are some other race and 2.02% are multiracial.
Roper's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of Black or African American population in the town.
By ethnicity, 144 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 5 (77.64% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Roper is Black or African American with a population of 428 (66.46% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 619 in the year 2010
From 2000 to 2010, Roper's population increased by 10 (1.64%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Roper's population decreased by 134 (21.65%), 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, Roper's population was lowest in year 2022 at 477.