Statistics

1998 Census Estimates of the Older Population, for States

Older Population by Age Group (50+, etc.) (Rank Based on Percentages)

Data as of July 1, 1998

Population by Age Group for States: July 1, 1998
State	Selected Age Group
State	50+	55+	60+	65+	75+	85+
Rank Based on Percentages
Alabama	17	16	19	25	26	27
Alaska	51	51	51	51	51	51
Arizona	28	27	22	22	24	37
Arkansas	5	5	6	9	12	15
California	48	47	46	46	41	41
Colorado	46	46	47	48	46	46
Connecticut	7	10	9	7	7	8
Delaware	30	29	26	26	32	39
District of Columbia	8	9	11	12	15	16
Florida	1	1	1	1	1	4
Georgia	47	49	49	49	49	48
Hawaii	22	24	25	21	27	35
Idaho	43	40	42	44	38	33
Illinois	36	33	33	32	25	24
Indiana	31	30	30	28	28	26
Iowa	4	4	4	5	3	1
Kansas	27	26	21	16	11	7
Kentucky	23	23	27	29	31	30
Louisiana	39	39	39	39	42	40
Maine	10	12	10	10	13	13
Maryland	41	43	43	40	40	43
Massachusetts	18	18	16	11	9	10
Michigan	35	32	34	31	29	32
Minnesota	38	38	36	33	23	14
Mississippi	37	34	32	35	36	29
Missouri	15	14	14	14	14	11
Montana	6	7	12	20	18	19
Nebraska	24	20	15	13	10	6
Nevada	34	37	38	41	48	50
New Hampshire	45	44	40	37	34	28
New Jersey	12	15	17	15	19	22
New Mexico	44	41	41	43	45	42
New York	16	17	20	19	20	20
North Carolina	26	28	29	27	35	36
North Dakota	13	8	7	6	5	2
Ohio	19	19	18	18	22	25
Oklahoma	11	11	13	17	21	18
Oregon	14	21	23	24	17	21
Pennsylvania	3	3	3	2	4	9
Rhode Island	9	6	5	3	2	5
South Carolina	32	31	31	36	39	44
South Dakota	21	13	8	8	6	3
Tennessee	20	22	28	30	33	31
Texas	49	48	48	47	47	47
Utah	50	50	50	50	50	49
Vermont	29	35	35	34	30	23
Virginia	40	42	45	45	44	45
Washington	42	45	44	42	37	34
West Virginia	2	2	2	4	8	17
Wisconsin	25	25	24	23	16	12
Wyoming	33	36	37	38	43	38
Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau See: http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/state/sasrh/sasrh98.txt Table compiled by the U.S. Administration on Aging File: stterr98.xls:98-50+rank%

Last Modified: 4/29/2010 2:16:29 PM