Older
Population by Age: 1900 to 2050 (Excel
Version)
| Older
Population by Age: 1900 to 2050 |
| |
Number (in
thousands) [Chart] |
Percent [Chart] |
| Year
and census date |
Age
in years |
Age in years |
| |
65-74 |
75-84 |
85+ |
65 and over |
Total,
all ages |
65-74 |
75-84 |
85 and over |
65 and over |
| 1900 |
2,187 |
772 |
122 |
3,080 |
75,995 |
2.9 |
1 |
0.2 |
4.1 |
| 1910 |
2,793 |
989 |
167 |
3,949 |
91,972 |
3 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
4.3 |
| 1920 |
3,464 |
1,259 |
210 |
4,933 |
105,711 |
3.3 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
4.7 |
| 1930 |
4,721 |
1,641 |
272 |
6,634 |
122,775 |
3.8 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
5.4 |
| 1940 |
6,376 |
2,278 |
365 |
9,019 |
131,669 |
4.8 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
6.8 |
| 1950 |
8,415 |
3,277 |
577 |
12,269 |
150,697 |
5.6 |
2.2 |
0.4 |
8.1 |
| 1960 |
10,997 |
4,634 |
929 |
16,560 |
179,323 |
6.1 |
2.6 |
0.5 |
9.2 |
| 1970 |
12,447 |
6,124 |
1,409 |
19,980 |
203,302 |
6.1 |
3 |
0.7 |
9.8 |
| 1980 |
15,581 |
7,729 |
2,240 |
25,550 |
226,546 |
6.9 |
3.4 |
1 |
11.3 |
| 1990 |
18,045 |
10,012 |
3,021 |
31,079 |
248,710 |
7.3 |
4 |
1.2 |
12.5 |
| 2000 |
18,391 |
12,361 |
4,240 |
34,992 |
281,422 |
6.5 |
4.4 |
1.5 |
12.4 |
| 2010 |
21,269 |
12,851 |
6,123 |
40,243 |
308,936 |
6.9 |
4.2 |
2.0 |
13.0 |
| 2020 |
31,779 |
15,584 |
7,268 |
54,631 |
335,805 |
9.5 |
4.6 |
2.2 |
16.3 |
| 2030 |
37,948 |
23,903 |
9,603 |
71,454 |
363,584 |
10.4 |
6.6 |
2.6 |
19.7 |
| 2040 |
35,470 |
29,170 |
15,409 |
80,049 |
391,946 |
9.0 |
7.4 |
3.9 |
20.4 |
| 2050 |
37,943 |
27,902 |
20,861 |
86,706 |
419,854 |
9.0 |
6.6 |
5.0 |
20.7 |
| Note:
Figures for 1900 to 1950 exclude Alaska and Hawaii. Figures for
1900 to 2000 and projections for 2010 to 2050 are for the resident
population.
Data for 2010 to 2050 are July 1
projections and are Middle Series (see Table 3 of the 2003
Statistical Abstract of the United for the details of the assumptions)
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Data for 1900 to 1940, 1960, and 1980 shown in 1980 Census of Population,
PC80-B1, General Population Characteristics. Tables 42 and
45; Data for 1990 from 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Series
CPH-L-74, Modified and Actual Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin
Data. The 2000 data is from the 2000 Census. The
figures for 2010 to 2050 are from Census Bureau International Data
Base. (See: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbprint.html)
This table was originally based
on Table 2-1 in "65+ in the United States," Current
Population Reports, Special Studies, P23-190, by Frank B. Hobbs
with Bonnie L. Damon, Bureau of the Census and the National
Institute on Aging, 1966,
page 2-3. This
table has been updated to reflect the 2000 Census figures and
more recent Census projections.
|
Table compiled by the U.S. Administration on Aging
based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
|
Dept. of Health & Human Services
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