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1996 Census Estimates of the Older Population, for States
Rank Based on Number of Older Persons in State
| State
|
All Ages
|
50+
|
55+
|
60+
|
65+
|
75+ |
| Alabama
|
23
|
22
|
22
|
22
|
22
|
22
|
| Alaska
|
48
|
51
|
51
|
51
|
51
|
51
|
| Arizona
|
21
|
21
|
20
|
19
|
19
|
20
|
| Arkansas
|
33
|
31
|
31
|
31
|
31
|
31
|
| California
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
| Colorado
|
25
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
30
|
32
|
| Connecticut
|
28
|
26
|
27
|
26
|
25
|
23
|
| Delaware
|
46
|
46
|
46
|
46
|
47
|
47
|
| District of Columbia
|
50
|
49
|
48
|
48
|
48
|
48
|
| Florida
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
| Georgia
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
15
|
16
|
| Hawaii
|
41
|
40
|
40
|
40
|
41
|
41
|
| Idaho
|
40
|
41
|
41
|
42
|
43
|
43
|
| Illinois
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
| Indiana
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
13
|
| Iowa
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
28
|
28
|
25
|
| Kansas
|
32
|
33
|
33
|
32
|
32
|
30
|
| Kentucky
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
| Louisiana
|
22
|
23
|
23
|
23
|
23
|
26
|
| Maine
|
39
|
39
|
39
|
39
|
39
|
37
|
| Maryland
|
19
|
19
|
19
|
20
|
20
|
21
|
| Massachusetts
|
13
|
12
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
10
|
| Michigan
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
| Minnesota
|
20
|
20
|
21
|
21
|
21
|
19
|
| Mississippi
|
31
|
32
|
32
|
33
|
33
|
33
|
| Missouri
|
16
|
15
|
15
|
15
|
13
|
12
|
| Montana
|
44
|
44
|
44
|
44
|
44
|
44
|
| Nebraska
|
37
|
35
|
35
|
35
|
35
|
35
|
| Nevada
|
38
|
36
|
37
|
37
|
37
|
40
|
| New Hampshire
|
42
|
42
|
43
|
43
|
42
|
42
|
| New Jersey
|
9
|
9
|
9
|
9
|
9
|
9
|
| New Mexico
|
36
|
37
|
36
|
36
|
36
|
36
|
| New York
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
| North Carolina
|
11
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
11
|
| North Dakota
|
47
|
47
|
47
|
47
|
46
|
46
|
| Ohio
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
| Oklahoma
|
27
|
27
|
26
|
27
|
27
|
27
|
| Oregon
|
29
|
29
|
28
|
29
|
29
|
28
|
| Pennsylvania
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
| Rhode Island
|
43
|
43
|
42
|
41
|
40
|
39
|
| South Carolina
|
26
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
26
|
29
|
| South Dakota
|
45
|
45
|
45
|
45
|
45
|
45
|
| Tennessee
|
17
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
| Texas
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
| Utah
|
34
|
38
|
38
|
38
|
38
|
38
|
| Vermont
|
49
|
48
|
49
|
49
|
49
|
49
|
| Virginia
|
12
|
13
|
13
|
12
|
12
|
15
|
| Washington
|
15
|
18
|
18
|
18
|
18
|
17
|
| West Virginia
|
35
|
34
|
34
|
34
|
34
|
34
|
| Wisconsin
|
18
|
17
|
17
|
17
|
16
|
14
|
| Wyoming
|
51
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
Source: Population Estimates
Program, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census,
Washington, DC
Table compiled by the U.S.
Administration on Aging
File: stterr96.xls:96-50+rank#
| Last Modified: 2/1/2011 10:03:42 AM |
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