Demographics
Population by Age

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Change in Total Population by Age, 2018-22

What does this measure?

The change in population of a geographic area broken down by selected age groups since 2008-12.

Why is this important?

Population measures provide insight on the changing size and face of communities, and an area's needs and assets. For example, areas with large or growing populations of seniors or children may face challenges in providing needed services and generating enough tax revenue to support those services.

How does our county compare?

The population of Lancaster County has been aging. The number of people between the ages of 60 and 84 increased 34% and the population aged 85 and older grew 19% between 2008-12 and 2018-22. By comparison, the population ages 40 to 59 declined by 8%, and there was only an increase of 9% among people 20 to 39. There has been a slight decrease in population among those under 20. Since 2008-12, people under age 20 have been the largest single age group in Lancaster County, with almost 144,000 people, followed by those between the ages of 20 and 39 and people between 40 and 59, with approximately 139,000 and 130,000 people in each group respectively.

One of the most dramatic age shifts in a particular locality has been in Chester County, where those aged 60 to 84 increased by 41% between 2008-12 and 2018-22. Cumberland County had the largest growth in the under 20 at 9%. The City of Lancaster is one of the few localities to experience declines, specifically among those 85 or older, which declined 38%, and among those under 20, which declined by 12%.

Notes about the data

The multi-year figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The bureau combined multiple years of responses to the survey to provide estimates for smaller geographic areas and increase the precision of its estimates. The survey provides data on characteristics of the population that used to be collected only during the decennial census. Data for this indicator are expected to be released in the fourth quarter.

Change in Total Population by Age, 2018-22
Under 2020 to 3940 to 5960 to 8485 or Older
Pennsylvania-4%6%-11%25%6%
Lancaster County-1%9%-8%34%19%
Lancaster City-12%8%-10%16%-38%*
Lancaster County School Districts
School District of Lancaster-7%8%-11%29%-29%*
Cocalico School District5%9%-10%18%168%**
Columbia Borough School District-31%-2%-10%43%59%**
Conestoga Valley School District10%11%-9%11%69%*
Donegal School District1%8%-4%37%83%**
Eastern Lancaster County School District-4%6%-10%23%7%*
Elizabethtown Area School District-15%12%-5%52%28%*
Ephrata Area School District5%3%-10%28%81%*
Hempfield School District1%-1%-11%56%26%*
Lampeter-Strasburg School District9%33%-18%42%3%
Manheim Central School District-3%6%4%56%-36%**
Manheim Township School District1%31%6%29%7%
Penn Manor School District8%13%-10%33%11%*
Pequea Valley School District1%12%-2%22%2%*
Solanco School District1%1%-16%36%50%*
Warwick School District-5%3%-4%35%13%
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough60%27%39%*19%*7%***
Akron borough35%-11%2%13%-62%***
Christiana borough-32%*-2%*-12%*10%*-34%***
Columbia borough-31%-2%-10%43%59%**
Denver township5%-11%-9%9%*109%***
East Petersburg borough-3%*-24%*-3%*47%*102%***
Elizabethtown borough-16%2%-2%54%-21%**
Ephrata borough18%-3%-23%21%143%**
Lititz borough-5%5%-3%14%-6%*
Manheim borough27%*14%*-17%*-0%*-74%***
Marietta borough-24%*4%-13%84%*-16%***
Millersville borough-19%5%29%*25%-9%***
Mount Joy borough2%*6%-1%44%108%***
Mountville borough23%*-2%*-29%*35%*485%***
New Holland borough18%*-6%*1%*10%79%***
Quarryville borough70%-31%*-14%*67%-93%***
Strasburg borough-19%*-13%*-18%*146%*94%***
Terre Hill borough-5%*5%*-46%*-45%*227%***
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township2%-10%-3%*41%*32%***
Brecknock township-3%24%-4%13%-41%***
Caernarvon township-11%-2%*-11%27%6%**
Clay township7%10%*-10%25%138%***
Colerain township9%0%-0%16%67%***
Conestoga township-18%*-2%*-15%*81%*71%***
Conoy township5%*15%-18%*40%*12%***
Drumore township-24%26%-6%53%-4%***
Earl township11%-8%10%-5%-6%*
East Cocalico township-9%16%-14%21%347%***
East Donegal township6%16%1%28%215%***
East Drumore township10%-13%*-15%*18%101%***
East Earl township-27%19%-32%*139%*1%***
East Hempfield township2%3%-6%57%-10%*
East Lampeter township17%12%-8%1%228%**
Eden township10%*31%*-35%*19%267%***
Elizabeth township-5%*-28%*-6%73%*-38%***
Ephrata township-17%17%6%48%89%*
Fulton township16%15%*-25%4%*38%***
Lancaster township21%8%-12%57%-22%*
Leacock township-2%10%-1%*53%-49%***
Little Britain township-32%*-16%*8%*98%*169%***
Manheim township1%31%6%29%7%
Manor township29%12%-15%29%8%**
Martic township16%-9%*-15%31%-45%***
Mount Joy township-6%13%1%42%22%***
Paradise township5%28%*-10%22%*24%**
Penn township1%6%*5%71%-54%**
Pequea township3%*97%*-18%29%333%**
Providence township-1%24%*-33%36%40%***
Rapho township-18%1%13%65%43%***
Sadsbury township29%12%-22%-4%-67%***
Salisbury township1%6%2%7%54%**
Strasburg township24%56%*-61%*75%*607%***
Upper Leacock township1%-10%-2%25%62%***
Warwick township-5%8%-4%39%55%*
West Cocalico township12%*7%*-15%14%1%***
West Donegal township-26%25%-13%48%62%*
West Earl township8%39%*-20%19%5%*
West Hempfield township-2%-1%-17%63%65%*
West Lampeter township8%36%-1%30%-9%
Berks County-3%9%-8%27%17%
Chester County-2%11%-5%41%17%
Cumberland County9%14%-2%27%27%
Dauphin County2%10%-9%34%14%
Lebanon County6%6%-5%24%30%
York County-2%7%-9%34%16%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Rate is percentage change from 2008-12. Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.




Total Population by Age, 2018-22
Under 2020 to 3940 to 5960 to 8485 or Older
Pennsylvania3,033,0593,337,3493,268,1893,025,655324,956
Lancaster County143,469139,065130,151125,04015,477
Lancaster City15,81920,68913,0797,932451*
Lancaster County School Districts
School District of Lancaster20,05225,71716,62812,4741,027*
Cocalico School District7,0065,7686,2444,630886**
Columbia Borough School District2,0672,7652,1972,670504**
Conestoga Valley School District10,3819,1667,6426,7821,136*
Donegal School District5,3466,2645,8044,469431**
Eastern Lancaster County School District9,4767,5297,3587,526921*
Elizabethtown Area School District7,1738,1807,8147,2231,763*
Ephrata Area School District9,1149,6087,7227,840927*
Hempfield School District11,15310,63312,87114,8421,430*
Lampeter-Strasburg School District6,3154,6885,6947,5181,218
Manheim Central School District5,8035,7047,4657,759440**
Manheim Township School District10,0389,60011,00111,2921,783
Penn Manor School District11,16912,10110,72610,099810*
Pequea Valley School District8,2445,8184,7133,768232*
Solanco School District10,6487,0377,0937,385831*
Warwick School District7,9287,3908,2847,9171,058
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough832660600*352*16***
Akron borough1,1099889771,02041***
Christiana borough206*251*195*248*56***
Columbia borough2,0672,7652,1972,670504**
Denver township1,0089741,023650*134***
East Petersburg borough964*942*1,399*1,162*121***
Elizabethtown borough2,8783,6122,5212,394400**
Ephrata borough3,6034,2022,6842,855394**
Lititz borough2,2032,4922,1102,236518*
Manheim borough1,448*1,545*1,156*848*31***
Marietta borough433*708723859*46***
Millersville borough2,1953,1281,624*1,295184***
Mount Joy borough1,902*2,3132,1921,593274***
Mountville borough658*602*654*936*152***
New Holland borough1,425*1,304*1,492*1,309204***
Quarryville borough970573*594*6915***
Strasburg borough670*551*732*1,045*99***
Terre Hill borough286*342*177*189*36***
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township1,373731603*452*29***
Brecknock township2,2561,8101,9941,45948***
Caernarvon township1,479979*1,080937133**
Clay township1,9531,527*1,5261,678174***
Colerain township1,48378878078050***
Conestoga township760*835*1,175*1,086*48***
Conoy township731*8931,054*616*46***
Drumore township79458761654045***
Earl township2,3551,3741,3501,632431*
East Cocalico township2,6812,5612,8322,116630***
East Donegal township2,2232,5542,1881,57982***
East Drumore township1,122764*840*869337***
East Earl township1,6751,7201,265*2,000*69***
East Hempfield township5,3495,3776,5428,339680*
East Lampeter township4,9184,9763,9423,303545**
Eden township826*575*372*44322***
Elizabeth township1,033*631*1,1091,168*40***
Ephrata township2,4492,8912,5352,287318*
Fulton township1,163825*577600*36***
Lancaster township4,3755,1753,7004,659576*
Leacock township2,1391,495879*1,07949***
Little Britain township1,081*704*1,205*1,051*94***
Manheim township10,0669,60011,01611,2921,783
Manor township5,4345,5895,0095,357409**
Martic township1,599953*1,62698452***
Mount Joy township2,7142,8892,9102,082113***
Paradise township1,9021,449*1,1641,054*77**
Penn township2,1561,944*2,6893,179188**
Pequea township1,181*1,596*1,2921,364117**
Providence township1,8361,490*1,5061,959213***
Rapho township2,1992,2153,6203,732221***
Sadsbury township1,35084670059824***
Salisbury township4,2032,8742,6701,635106**
Strasburg township1,5991,041*628*1,083*106***
Upper Leacock township2,8342,1172,0341,761173***
Warwick township4,6924,2675,0654,513500*
West Cocalico township2,512*1,586*1,8021,512111***
West Donegal township1,6381,4752,0302,5691,233*
West Earl township2,6292,073*1,6661,718418*
West Hempfield township4,1823,7124,2764,405477*
West Lampeter township3,8762,9494,1685,2861,013
Berks County107,832106,767109,87793,38610,621
Chester County135,552128,025145,070117,13110,696
Cumberland County62,23767,23266,65157,7837,366
Dauphin County70,04575,43170,61863,6326,382
Lebanon County36,06633,18735,49534,3354,175
York County110,928111,780118,686105,29310,364

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.
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Prekindergarten Participation Increasing
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High School Cohort Graduation Rate Increasing
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Students Receiving Special Education Services Increasing
Rate of Foster Care Admissions Maintaining
Disengaged Youth Maintaining
Single-Parent Families by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Plans of High School Graduates Not Applicable
Enrollment in Local Colleges Decreasing
College Graduation Rates Decreasing
Brain Drain/Gain Increasing
Education Levels of Adults by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Average Charitable Giving Maintaining
Voter Registration Rate Not Applicable
Voter Participation Rate Increasing
Age of Housing Stock Not Applicable
Violent Crime Rate Maintaining
Incarceration Rate Decreasing
Incarceration Rate by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Population Density Increasing
Air Quality Decreasing
Water Use Decreasing
Waterways Impaired by Pollution Not Applicable
Change in Population Increasing
Change in Population by Age and Gender Not Applicable
Population by Age Not Applicable
Population by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
People with Disabilities Maintaining
Foreign-Born Population Increasing
Language Diversity Increasing
Change in Total Jobs Increasing
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Workers by Occupation Not Applicable
Change in Labor Force Maintaining
People Entering/Leaving County/Region for Work Not Applicable
Average Salary by Sector Not Applicable
Change in Average Salary Since 2000 Increasing
Female to Male Earnings Ratio Maintaining
Employer Size Not Applicable
Change in Number of Businesses by Sector Increasing
Change in Total Agricultural Sales Increasing
Spending for Local Government Maintaining
Spending for School Districts Maintaining
Children Living in Poverty Decreasing
Children in Poverty by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
People Living in Poverty Decreasing
People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Veterans Living in Poverty Maintaining
Working Poor Decreasing
Median Household Income by Household Type Not Applicable
Median Household Income Maintaining
Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Living Wage Not Applicable
Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Households Receiving SNAP by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Household Receiving Temporary Assistance Maintaining
Students Eligible for Free/Reduced Price Lunch Increasing
Median Home Value Maintaining
Occupied Housing Units Maintaining
Homeownership Rate, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Cost of Homeownership by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Median Rent Maintaining
Cost of Renting Increasing
Households Without Vehicles Maintaining
Means of Transportation to Work, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
People Without Health Insurance Decreasing
Early Prenatal Care by Mother's Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Health Status Decreasing
Prevalence of Mental Illness Maintaining
Adults Who are Overweight or Obese Not Applicable
Mortality Rates Decreasing
Mortality Rate, by Race/Ethnicity Increasing
Fatal Drug Overdoses Increasing
Cancer Incidence Decreasing
Households With Internet Access Increasing
High-Tech Jobs Increasing
STEM Graduates Increasing
Science and Engineering Research and Development Maintaining
Single-Parent Families by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Education Levels of Adults by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Incarceration Rate by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Population by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Children in Poverty by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
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