Shields Town, Dodge County, Wisconsin Population

Overview

563

Total Population

42.8

Median age

47.42%

Female population %

110.9:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

15-19 years

Largest age group

44.7

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

15

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Shields town is 42.8, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Shields town's population under 18 was 18.65%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Shields town's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 20.25% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Shields town, 10.66% were under the age of 15, 20.43% aged 15 to 29, 48.67% aged 30 to 64, 18.29% aged 65 to 84, and 1.95% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 29 less females than males in Shields town:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 47.42% females and 52.58% males in Shields Town, Dodge County, Wisconsin.
The Shields Town, Dodge County, Wisconsin gender ratio is 110.9:100 i.e. 110.9 men to 100 women (1.109).
For male population, the largest age group is 15-19 years with a population of 45.
For the female population, the largest age group is 15-19 years with a population of 50.

Shields town's population is not that diverse:

Racial distribution of Shields town population: 97.51% are White, 0.36% are some other race and 2.13% are multiracial.
Shields town's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the town.
By ethnicity, 15 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 548 (97.34% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Shields town is White with a population of 549 (97.51% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 584 in the year 2009
From 2000 to 2010, Shields town's population decreased by 7 (1.25%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Shields town's population decreased by 48 (8.66%), 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, Shields town's population was lowest in year 2020 at 506.