Shelby Township, Minnesota Population

Overview

272

Total Population

49.3

Median age

44.85%

Female population %

123:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

55-59 years

Largest age group

57.2

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

7

Hispanic population

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

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Age

Shelby township's population is old compared to the rest of the country:

The median age in Shelby township is 49.3, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Shelby township's population under 18 was 20.59%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Shelby township's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 20.22% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Shelby township, 16.18% were under the age of 15, 13.24% aged 15 to 29, 50.37% aged 30 to 64, 13.97% aged 65 to 84, and 6.25% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 28 less females than males in Shelby township:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 44.85% females and 55.15% males in Shelby Township, Minnesota.
The Shelby Township, Minnesota gender ratio is 123:100 i.e. 123 men to 100 women (1.230).
For male population, the largest age group is 55-59 years with a population of 24.
For the female population, the largest age group is 55-59 years with a population of 24.

Shelby township's population is not that diverse:

Racial distribution of Shelby township population: 98.90% are White and 1.10% are some other race.
Shelby township's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the township.
By ethnicity, 7 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 265 (97.43% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Shelby township is White with a population of 269 (98.90% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 287 in the year 2009
From 2000 to 2010, Shelby township's population decreased by 16 (5.71%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Shelby township's population decreased by 19 (7.20%), 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, Shelby township's population was lowest in year 2021 at 243.