1997 Census Estimates of the Older Population, for States

Population by Age Group, for States: July 1, 1997 - Rank Based on Percentages
State	Selected Age Group
State	50+	55+	60+	65+	75+	85+
Alabama	17	17	21	25	26	29
Alaska	51	51	51	51	51	51
Arizona	30	27	24	21	24	36
Arkansas	5	6	6	8	12	15
California	47	47	46	46	41	42
Colorado	46	46	47	47	46	46
Connecticut	7	8	9	7	7	8
Delaware	29	28	26	26	34	38
District of Columbia	12	10	11	12	15	16
Florida	1	1	1	1	1	5
Georgia	48	49	49	49	49	48
Hawaii	24	26	25	24	29	35
Idaho	43	40	41	43	38	34
Illinois	35	33	31	31	25	24
Indiana	28	30	30	27	27	27
Iowa	4	4	5	5	3	2
Kansas	26	22	19	16	11	7
Kentucky	22	23	27	28	31	28
Louisiana	39	39	39	41	42	40
Maine	9	13	10	11	14	12
Maryland	40	42	44	40	40	41
Massachusetts	16	16	13	10	8	9
Michigan	34	31	32	32	30	32
Minnesota	38	37	35	33	23	14
Mississippi	37	34	33	35	35	26
Missouri	15	14	12	15	13	11
Montana	8	9	17	23	19	19
Nebraska	23	18	15	13	10	6
Nevada	31	35	37	39	47	50
New Hampshire	44	43	38	37	32	30
New Jersey	11	15	16	14	18	22
New Mexico	45	41	42	45	45	44
New York	18	19	20	18	21	20
North Carolina	27	29	29	29	36	37
North Dakota	13	7	7	6	5	1
Ohio	20	20	18	19	22	25
Oklahoma	10	12	14	17	20	18
Oregon	14	21	22	20	16	21
Pennsylvania	3	3	2	2	4	10
Rhode Island	6	5	4	3	2	4
South Carolina	32	32	34	36	39	45
South Dakota	19	11	8	9	6	3
Tennessee	21	24	28	30	33	31
Texas	49	48	48	48	48	47
Utah	50	50	50	50	50	49
Vermont	33	36	36	34	28	23
Virginia	41	44	45	44	44	43
Washington	42	45	43	38	37	33
West Virginia	2	2	3	4	9	17
Wisconsin	25	25	23	22	17	13
Wyoming	36	38	40	42	43	39
Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233
See: http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/state/sasrh/sasrh97.txt
Table compiled by the U.S. Administration on Aging
File: stterr97.xls

Last Modified: 4/29/2010 1:56:09 PM