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Demographic Data Report by State
Population: Age 65 and over
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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Value (Percent)
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People (Age 65 And Over)
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Rank within US
(of 52 states)
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United States 15.6 50,783,796 N/A
Utah 10.8 333,949 52
Alaska 11.2 82,583 51
District of Columbia 12.1 83,670 50
Texas 12.3 3,462,527 49
Georgia 13.5 1,406,485 48
Colorado 13.8 773,706 47
California 14.0 5,486,041 46
North Dakota 14.9 112,883 45
Louisiana 15.0 698,018 44
Maryland 15.0 902,678 43
Virginia 15.0 1,271,946 42
Washington 15.1 1,117,673 41
Illinois 15.2 1,942,534 40
Oklahoma 15.3 603,394 39
Indiana 15.4 1,023,588 38
Nebraska 15.4 294,069 37
Nevada 15.4 457,181 36
Idaho 15.4 264,889 35
Minnesota 15.4 858,698 34
Kansas 15.4 449,327 33
Mississippi 15.4 461,022 32
Wyoming 15.7 91,462 31
North Carolina 15.9 1,628,013 30
New Jersey 15.9 1,410,285 29
Kentucky 16.0 710,138 28
Tennessee 16.0 1,075,124 27
New York 16.1 3,146,306 26
Massachusetts 16.2 1,107,089 25
South Dakota 16.3 141,534 24
Wisconsin 16.5 953,571 23
Missouri 16.5 1,006,725 22
Alabama 16.5 804,881 21
Arkansas 16.6 498,778 20
Ohio 16.7 1,941,294 19
Michigan 16.7 1,666,343 18
Iowa 16.7 525,522 17
Connecticut 16.8 601,053 16
Rhode Island 16.8 177,889 15
New Mexico 16.9 352,687 14
Arizona 17.1 1,206,748 13
Oregon 17.2 709,555 12
South Carolina 17.2 863,558 11
New Hampshire 17.5 235,795 10
Hawaii 17.8 253,606 9
Pennsylvania 17.8 2,281,720 8
Montana 18.2 190,711 7
Delaware 18.2 174,174 6
Vermont 18.8 117,264 5
West Virginia 19.4 352,114 4
Puerto Rico 19.7 653,736 3
Maine 20.0 267,568 2
Florida 20.1 4,205,428 1
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/24/2023 5:36 am.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Population: Age 65 and over, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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