Statistics

Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for the United States: 2000
Compiled by the Administration on Aging from Table DP-1 [see also 1990 comparison table]
Numbers	Total population.	60 to 64 years	65 to 74 years	75 to 84 years	85 years and over	60 years and over	65 years and over	Percent 60+	Percent 65+
US Total	281,421,906	10,805,447	18,390,986	12,361,180	4,239,587	45,797,200	34,991,753	16.3%	12.4%
Alabama	4,447,100	190,082	316,748	195,749	67,301	769,880	579,798	17.3%	13.0%
Alaska	626,932	17,327	22,507	10,558	2,634	53,026	35,699	8.5%	5.7%
Arizona	5,130,632	203,697	363,841	235,473	68,525	871,536	667,839	17.0%	13.0%
Arkansas	2,673,400	117,390	198,334	129,193	46,492	491,409	374,019	18.4%	14.0%
California	33,871,648	1,146,841	1,887,823	1,282,178	425,657	4,742,499	3,595,658	14.0%	10.6%
Colorado	4,301,261	144,585	226,310	141,547	48,216	560,658	416,073	13.0%	9.7%
Connecticut	3,405,565	131,652	231,565	174,345	64,273	601,835	470,183	17.7%	13.8%
Delaware	783,600	32,199	56,415	34,762	10,549	133,925	101,726	17.1%	13.0%
District of Columbia	572,059	21,980	35,919	25,004	8,975	91,878	69,898	16.1%	12.2%
Florida	15,982,378	737,496	1,452,176	1,024,134	331,287	3,545,093	2,807,597	22.2%	17.6%
Georgia	8,186,453	285,805	435,695	261,723	87,857	1,071,080	785,275	13.1%	9.6%
Hawaii	1,211,537	46,400	85,262	57,775	17,564	207,001	160,601	17.1%	13.3%
Idaho	1,293,953	47,505	75,970	51,889	18,057	193,421	145,916	14.9%	11.3%
Illinois	12,419,293	462,886	772,247	535,747	192,031	1,962,911	1,500,025	15.8%	12.1%
Indiana	6,080,485	235,675	395,393	265,880	91,558	988,506	752,831	16.3%	12.4%
Iowa	2,926,324	118,360	211,935	159,160	65,118	554,573	436,213	19.0%	14.9%
Kansas	2,688,418	98,608	175,916	128,543	51,770	454,837	356,229	16.9%	13.3%
Kentucky	4,041,769	168,112	273,943	172,589	58,261	672,905	504,793	16.6%	12.5%
Louisiana	4,468,976	170,287	282,925	175,328	58,676	687,216	516,929	15.4%	11.6%
Maine	1,274,923	54,697	96,196	63,890	23,316	238,099	183,402	18.7%	14.4%
Maryland	5,296,486	201,729	321,285	211,120	66,902	801,036	599,307	15.1%	11.3%
Massachusetts	6,349,097	236,405	427,830	315,640	116,692	1,096,567	860,162	17.3%	13.5%
Michigan	9,938,444	377,144	642,880	433,678	142,460	1,596,162	1,219,018	16.1%	12.3%
Minnesota	4,919,479	178,012	295,825	212,840	85,601	772,278	594,266	15.7%	12.1%
Mississippi	2,844,658	113,621	185,710	114,922	42,891	457,144	343,523	16.1%	12.1%
Missouri	5,595,211	228,325	393,226	263,582	98,571	983,704	755,379	17.6%	13.5%
Montana	902,195	37,945	62,519	43,093	15,337	158,894	120,949	17.6%	13.4%
Nebraska	1,711,263	63,956	115,699	82,543	33,953	296,151	232,195	17.3%	13.6%
Nevada	1,998,257	85,142	131,775	70,165	16,989	304,071	218,929	15.2%	11.0%
New Hampshire	1,235,786	46,995	78,327	51,412	18,231	194,965	147,970	15.8%	12.0%
New Jersey	8,414,350	330,646	574,669	402,468	135,999	1,443,782	1,113,136	17.2%	13.2%
New Mexico	1,819,046	71,612	117,745	71,174	23,306	283,837	212,225	15.6%	11.7%
New York	18,976,457	755,979	1,276,046	860,818	311,488	3,204,331	2,448,352	16.9%	12.9%
North Carolina	8,049,313	323,505	533,777	329,810	105,461	1,292,553	969,048	16.1%	12.0%
North Dakota	642,200	24,507	45,901	33,851	14,726	118,985	94,478	18.5%	14.7%
Ohio	11,353,140	455,732	790,252	540,709	176,796	1,963,489	1,507,757	17.3%	13.3%
Oklahoma	3,450,654	143,130	242,499	156,276	57,175	599,080	455,950	17.4%	13.2%
Oregon	3,421,399	131,380	219,342	161,404	57,431	569,557	438,177	16.6%	12.8%
Pennsylvania	12,281,054	511,656	969,272	712,326	237,567	2,430,821	1,919,165	19.8%	15.6%
Rhode Island	1,048,319	39,007	73,684	57,821	20,897	191,409	152,402	18.3%	14.5%
South Carolina	4,012,012	166,149	270,048	165,016	50,269	651,482	485,333	16.2%	12.1%
South Dakota	754,844	28,738	53,129	38,916	16,086	136,869	108,131	18.1%	14.3%
Tennessee	5,689,283	239,309	382,852	238,994	81,465	942,620	703,311	16.6%	12.4%
Texas	20,851,820	701,669	1,142,608	691,984	237,940	2,774,201	2,072,532	13.3%	9.9%
Utah	2,233,169	62,455	101,548	66,923	21,751	252,677	190,222	11.3%	8.5%
Vermont	608,827	24,317	40,683	26,831	9,996	101,827	77,510	16.7%	12.7%
Virginia	7,078,515	273,169	432,456	272,611	87,266	1,065,502	792,333	15.1%	11.2%
Washington	5,894,121	211,075	337,166	240,897	84,085	873,223	662,148	14.8%	11.2%
West Virginia	1,808,344	85,900	148,463	96,653	31,779	362,795	276,895	20.1%	15.3%
Wisconsin	5,363,675	204,999	355,307	251,621	95,625	907,552	702,553	16.9%	13.1%
Wyoming	493,782	19,655	31,343	19,615	6,735	77,348	57,693	15.7%	11.7%

Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for the United States: 2000 with 1990 data Compiled by the Administration on Aging from Table DP-1
	2000				1990		% increase 1990-2000
Numbers	60 years and over	65 years and over	Percent 60+	Percent 65+	60 years and over	65 years and over	60 years and over	65 years and over
US Total	45,797,200	34,991,753	16.3%	12.4%	41,857,998	31,241,831	9.4%	12.0%
Alabama	769,880	579,798	17.3%	13.0%	703,299	522,989	9.5%	10.9%
Alaska	53,026	35,699	8.5%	5.7%	35,266	22,369	50.4%	59.6%
Arizona	871,536	667,839	17.0%	13.0%	631,648	478,774	38.0%	39.5%
Arkansas	491,409	374,019	18.4%	14.0%	457,642	350,058	7.4%	6.8%
California	4,742,499	3,595,658	14.0%	10.6%	4,234,871	3,135,552	12.0%	14.7%
Colorado	560,658	416,073	13.0%	9.7%	450,803	329,443	24.4%	26.3%
Connecticut	601,835	470,183	17.7%	13.8%	594,160	445,907	1.3%	5.4%
Delaware	133,925	101,726	17.1%	13.0%	110,638	80,735	21.0%	26.0%
District of Columbia	91,878	69,8