Parker Township, Pennsylvania Population

Overview

572

Total Population

51.4

Median age

47.73%

Female population %

109.5:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

45-49 years

Largest age group

65.3

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

4

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Parker township is 51.4, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Parker township's population under 18 was 12.24%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Parker township's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 28.67% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Parker township, 10.84% were under the age of 15, 9.79% aged 15 to 29, 50.70% aged 30 to 64, 27.80% aged 65 to 84, and 0.87% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 26 less females than males in Parker township:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 47.73% females and 52.27% males in Parker Township, Pennsylvania.
The Parker Township, Pennsylvania gender ratio is 109.5:100 i.e. 109.5 men to 100 women (1.095).
For male population, the largest age group is 65-69 years with a population of 59.
For the female population, the largest age group is 45-49 years with a population of 68.

Parker township's population is moderately diverse:

Racial distribution of Parker township population: 92.13% are White, 0.70% are some other race and 7.17% are multiracial.
Parker township's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the township.
By ethnicity, 4 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 568 (99.30% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Parker township is White with a population of 527 (92.13% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 670 in the year 2005
From 2000 to 2010, Parker township's population decreased by 30 (4.52%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Parker township's population decreased by 57 (9.00%), 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, Parker township's population was lowest in year 2021 at 569.