Sweet Township, Minnesota Population

Overview

424

Total Population

41.9

Median age

45.05%

Female population %

122:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

45-49 years

Largest age group

52.5

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

15

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Sweet township is 41.9, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Sweet township's population under 18 was 31.84%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Sweet township's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 12.03% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Sweet township, 22.41% were under the age of 15, 19.10% aged 15 to 29, 46.46% aged 30 to 64, 12.03% aged 65 to 84, and 0.00% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 42 less females than males in Sweet township:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 45.05% females and 54.95% males in Sweet Township, Minnesota.
The Sweet Township, Minnesota gender ratio is 122:100 i.e. 122 men to 100 women (1.220).
For male population, the largest age group is 45-49 years with a population of 46.
For the female population, the largest age group is 10-14 years with a population of 25.

Sweet township's population is not that diverse:

Racial distribution of Sweet township population: 94.34% are White, 1.18% are Black or African American and 4.48% are multiracial.
Sweet township's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the township.
By ethnicity, 15 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 409 (96.46% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Sweet township is White with a population of 4 (94.34% of the total population).

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

The peak population was 328 in the year 2000
From 2000 to 2010, Sweet township's population decreased by 5 (1.52%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Sweet township's population decreased by 20 (6.19%), 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, Sweet township's population was lowest in year 2020 at 303.