Aging into the 21st Century

Table 1 - Projections of the Population, by Age and Sex: 1995 to 2050 (Numbers in thousands. Minus sign denotes a decrease. Middle series of U.S. Bureau of the Census.)

	BOTH SEXES			SEX
AGE GROUP AND YEAR	Number	Percent of all ages	Percent increase from 1995	Male		Female		Sex Ratio¹
ALL AGES
1995	262,820	x	x	128,311	134,509		95.4
2000	274,634	x	4.5	134,181	140,453		95.5
2010	297,716	x	13.3	145,584	152,132		95.7
2030	346,899	x	32.0	169,950	176,949		96.0
2050	393,931	x	49.9	193,234	200,696		96.3
55-64
1995	21,138	8.0	x	10,045	11,093		90.6
2000	23,961	8.7	13.4	11,433	12,528		91.3
2010	35,283	11.9	66.9	16,921	18,362		92.2
2030	36,348	10.5	72.0	17,441	18,907		92.2
2050	42,368	10.8	100.4	20,403	21,965		92.9
65-74
1995	18,758	7.1	x	8,337	10,421		80.0
2000	18,136	6.6	-3.3	8,180	9,956		82.2
2010	21,058	7.1	12.3	9,753	11,305		86.3
2030	37,407	10.8	99.4	17,878	19,529		91.5
2050	34,732	8.8	85.2	16,699	18,033		92.6
75-84
1995	11,151	4.2	x	4,326	6,825		63.4
2000	12,316	4.5	10.4	4,938	7,378		66.9
2010	12,680	4.3	13.7	5,363	7,317		73.3
2030	23,517	6.8	110.9	10,818	12,699		85.2
2050	25,905	6.6	132.3	12,342	13,563		91.0
85+
1995	3,634	1.4	x	1,015	2,619		38.8
2000	4,259	1.6	17.2	1,228	3,031		40.5
2010	5,670	1.9	56.0	1,771	3,899		45.4
2030	8,454	2.4	132.7	3,021	5,433		55.6
2050	18,224	4.6	401.5	7,036	11,188		62.9
65+
1995	33,544	12.8	x	13,678	19,866		68.9
2000	34,710	12.6	3.5	14,346	20,364		70.4
2010	39,409	13.2	17.5	16,887	22,522		75.0
2030	69,379	20.0	106.8	31,718	37,661		84.2
2050	78,859	20.0	135.1	36,076	42,783		84.3

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census (1996a).

¹ Males per 100 females.

x = not applicable

Table compiled by the National Aging Information Center

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