Wood Township, Pennsylvania Population

Overview

536

Total Population

40.0

Median age

49.07%

Female population %

103.8:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

0-4 years

Largest age group

81.7

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

Zero

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Wood township is 40.0, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Wood township's population under 18 was 25.00%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Wood township's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 22.57% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Wood township, 22.39% were under the age of 15, 16.04% aged 15 to 29, 38.99% aged 30 to 64, 19.40% aged 65 to 84, and 3.17% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 10 less females than males in Wood township:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 49.07% females and 50.93% males in Wood Township, Pennsylvania.
The Wood Township, Pennsylvania gender ratio is 103.8:100 i.e. 103.8 men to 100 women (1.038).
For male population, the largest age group is 70-74 years with a population of 37.
For the female population, the largest age group is 25-29 years with a population of 38.

Wood township's population is not that diverse:

Racial distribution of Wood township population: 95.52% are White and 4.48% are multiracial.
Wood township's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the township.
By ethnicity, Zero is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 536 (100% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Wood township is White with a population of 512 (95.52% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 746 in the year 2004
From 2000 to 2010, Wood township's population decreased by 63 (8.48%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Wood township's population decreased by 75 (11.03%), 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, Wood township's population was lowest in year 2022 at 600.