What Cheer, IA Population

Overview

730

Total Population

37.3

Median age

49.32%

Female population %

102.8:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

5-9 years

Largest age group

76.8

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

44

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in What Cheer is 37.3, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
What Cheer's population under 18 was 32.88%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
What Cheer's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 16.85% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in What Cheer, 26.58% were under the age of 15, 16.85% aged 15 to 29, 39.73% aged 30 to 64, 15.48% aged 65 to 84, and 1.37% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 10 less females than males in What Cheer:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 49.32% females and 50.68% males in What Cheer, IA.
The What Cheer, IA gender ratio is 102.8:100 i.e. 102.8 men to 100 women (1.028).
For male population, the largest age group is 5-9 years with a population of 57.
For the female population, the largest age group is 5-9 years with a population of 50.

What Cheer's population has become increasingly diverse:

Racial distribution of What Cheer population: 92.33% are White, 2.33% are Black or African American, 2.33% are some other race and 3.01% are multiracial.
What Cheer's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the city.
By ethnicity, 44 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 686 (93.97% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in What Cheer is White with a population of 674 (92.33% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 679 in the year 2000
From 2000 to 2010, What Cheer's population decreased by 33 (4.86%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, What Cheer's population decreased by 41 (6.35%), 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, What Cheer's population was lowest in year 2022 at 597.