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

2000 Census Figures for the Older Population, for States (Data as of April 1, 2000)

	Selected Age Group
State	50+	55+	60+	65+	75+	85+
Alabama	12	13	14	21	27	26
Alaska	51	51	51	51	51	51
Arizona	32	26	21	22	26	38
Arkansas	5	6	7	9	13	16
California	46	46	46	46	45	43
Colorado	47	49	49	48	47	47
Connecticut	8	9	10	10	8	9
Delaware	20	18	19	23	31	37
District of Columbia	35	33	32	31	25	23
Florida	1	1	1	1	1	4
Georgia	48	47	48	49	49	48
Hawaii	14	19	20	16	20	30
Idaho	45	45	44	42	38	35
Illinois	41	38	35	34	29	25
Indiana	33	30	29	28	28	28
Iowa	6	5	4	4	3	2
Kansas	30	28	23	17	12	8
Kentucky	23	24	26	27	32	31
Louisiana	44	43	40	40	42	39
Maine	4	4	5	7	9	11
Maryland	37	41	42	41	41	42
Massachusetts	16	17	17	12	10	10
Michigan	34	32	33	30	30	32
Minnesota	42	40	37	33	23	15
Mississippi	40	35	31	35	35	27
Missouri	13	12	12	13	16	13
Montana	7	10	11	14	14	17
Nebraska	27	21	15	11	11	6
Nevada	36	37	41	45	48	50
New Hampshire	28	34	36	37	33	29
New Jersey	15	15	18	18	17	22
New Mexico	39	39	39	39	43	41
New York	24	22	24	24	22	21
North Carolina	31	31	34	36	37	40
North Dakota	11	7	6	5	4	1
Ohio	17	16	16	15	19	24
Oklahoma	19	14	13	19	21	19
Oregon	18	25	27	25	18	18
Pennsylvania	3	3	3	2	2	7
Rhode Island	9	8	8	6	5	5
South Carolina	25	29	30	32	39	44
South Dakota	21	11	9	8	6	3
Tennessee	22	23	28	29	34	33
Texas	49	48	47	47	46	46
Utah	50	50	50	50	50	49
Vermont	10	20	25	26	24	20
Virginia	38	42	43	44	44	45
Washington	43	44	45	43	36	34
West Virginia	2	2	2	3	7	14
Wisconsin	26	27	22	20	15	12
Wyoming	29	36	38	38	40	36

Source: Census 2000
See: http://factfinder.census.gov
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data
Table: PCT12. SEX BY AGE [209] - Universe: Total population
Table compiled by the U.S. Administration on Aging
File: stterr2000.xls:2000-50+rank%

Last Modified: 1/6/2011 10:10:29 AM