Total Population
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 335 |
| 2002 | 354 |
| 2001 | 366 |
| 2000 | 377 |
| 1999 | 375 |
| 1998 | 397 |
| 1997 | 435 |
| 1996 | 401 |
| 1995 | 379 |
| 1994 | 409 |
| 1993 | 415 |
Age Distribution
In 2003, the population of Ross River was 335. This was the lowest it has been for at least ten years, after rising to 435 in 1997.
The First Nation, the Ross River Dena Council, makes up just over 80 percent of the total population of the community. This compares with a 23-percent representation of First Nations people in the overall Yukon population.
There was relatively little movement into Ross River during the fiver years from 1996-2001. In 2001, almost 80 percent of those living in Ross River had lived there for at least the previous five years. Movement from outside of the Yukon into Ross River over this time period, at about 10 percent of residents, was lower than seen for the Yukon as a whole (16 percent).
Yukon government population counts show that Ross River has proportionately more children and older people living in the community than is the pattern across the Yukon. The youngest age group, those 14 years of age or younger, make up 26 percent of the population in Ross River. This compares to the 20-percent average for the Yukon. Just over 8 percent of the population is over 65 years of age, a little higher than the Yukon-wide proportion of 7 percent.
Young people aged 15 to 24 years of age make up almost 13 percent of the Ross River population, just a little lower than the 14-percent Yukon-wide average.
The working age population, those aged between 25 and 64 years, is proportionately far smaller in Ross River than for the Yukon overall. This reflects some movement of adults out of the community in search of employment.
About 48 percent of the people in Ross River are female, a smaller proportion than the 50-percent female representation in the total Yukon population.
