Wheeling Township, Minnesota Population

Overview

509

Total Population

36.2

Median age

51.28%

Female population %

95:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

0-4 years

Largest age group

52.4

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

34

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Wheeling township is 36.2, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Wheeling township's population under 18 was 25.74%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Wheeling township's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 12.77% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Wheeling township, 21.61% were under the age of 15, 20.63% aged 15 to 29, 44.99% aged 30 to 64, 12.38% aged 65 to 84, and 0.39% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 13 more females than males in Wheeling township:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 51.28% females and 48.72% males in Wheeling Township, Minnesota.
The Wheeling Township, Minnesota gender ratio is 95:100 i.e. 95 men to 100 women (0.950).
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 55-59 years with a population of 33.

Wheeling township's population is moderately diverse:

Racial distribution of Wheeling township population: 92.73% are White, 0.59% are Asian and 6.68% are multiracial.
Wheeling township's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the township.
By ethnicity, 34 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 475 (93.32% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Wheeling township is White with a population of 472 (92.73% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 603 in the year 2009
From 2000 to 2010, Wheeling township's population increased by 7 (1.29%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Wheeling township's population decreased by 31 (5.63%), 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, Wheeling township's population was lowest in year 2020 at 520.