65 Years
and Over
Population: 2000
The question on age has been asked since the first census of the population in 1790.
The Question on Age
The 65 years and over population grew slower than the total population.
The 65 Years and Over Population
Among the older population, those 85 years and over showed the highest percentage increase.
Women outnumbered men in the 65 years and over population
The West and South regions had the most growth in the total population and in the older population.
People 65 years and over represented a smaller proportion of the total population in 2000 than in 1990.
The proportion 65 years and over in counties followed regional trends.
Clearwater and Cape Coral, Florida, along with Honolulu, Hawaii had the highest proportion 65 years and over of the places with 100,000 or more population.
Gilbert, AZ, Fontana, CA, and Plano, TX, had the lowest proportion 65 years and over.
The proportion of 65 years and over in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was 14.1 percent, the highest of the Nation’s ten largest cities.
The percent of people
65 years and over in nursing homes declined between 1990 and 2000.
The number of centenarians in the United States increased between
1990 and 2000.
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