Wakefield Township, Minnesota Population

Overview

2,757

Total Population

44.6

Median age

50.85%

Female population %

96.6:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

10-14 years

Largest age group

65.1

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

8

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Wakefield township is 44.6, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Wakefield township's population under 18 was 26.70%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Wakefield township's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 17.30% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Wakefield township, 22.13% were under the age of 15, 12.84% aged 15 to 29, 47.73% aged 30 to 64, 17.30% aged 65 to 84, and 0.00% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 47 more females than males in Wakefield township:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 50.85% females and 49.15% males in Wakefield Township, Minnesota.
The Wakefield Township, Minnesota gender ratio is 96.6:100 i.e. 96.6 men to 100 women (0.966).
For male population, the largest age group is 10-14 years with a population of 171.
For the female population, the largest age group is 10-14 years with a population of 159.

Wakefield township's population is moderately diverse:

Racial distribution of Wakefield township population: 98.59% are White, 0.11% are some other race and 1.31% are multiracial.
Wakefield township's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the township.
By ethnicity, 8 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 2,749 (99.71% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Wakefield township is White with a population of 2,718 (98.59% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 2,986 in the year 2009
From 2000 to 2010, Wakefield township's population decreased by 61 (2.15%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Wakefield township's population decreased by 18 (0.65%), 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, Wakefield township's population was lowest in year 2020 at 2,752.