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United States -- States; and Puerto Rico
GCT-T8-R. Old-Age Dependency Ratio of the Total Population (geographies ranked by estimate)
 Data Set: 2007 Population Estimates |
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Note: For information on errors stemming from model error, sampling error, and nonsampling error, see: http://www.census.gov/popest/topics/methodology.
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Rank |
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United States |
20.0 |
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1 |
Florida |
27.9 |
2 |
West Virginia |
24.5 |
3 |
Pennsylvania |
24.4 |
4 |
Iowa |
23.9 |
5 |
South Dakota |
23.4 |
6t |
Maine |
23.1 |
6t |
North Dakota |
23.1 |
8 |
Arkansas |
22.9 |
9 |
Hawaii |
22.6 |
10 |
Montana |
22.1 |
11t |
Alabama |
21.7 |
11t |
Delaware |
21.7 |
11t |
Nebraska |
21.7 |
11t |
Rhode Island |
21.7 |
15t |
Missouri |
21.5 |
15t |
Ohio |
21.5 |
15t |
Oklahoma |
21.5 |
18 |
Connecticut |
21.4 |
19 |
Arizona |
21.3 |
20 |
Kansas |
20.9 |
21t |
Vermont |
20.8 |
21t |
Wisconsin |
20.8 |
23t |
Massachusetts |
20.7 |
23t |
New Jersey |
20.7 |
23t |
South Carolina |
20.7 |
26 |
New York |
20.6 |
27 |
New Mexico |
20.5 |
28t |
Kentucky |
20.4 |
28t |
Mississippi |
20.4 |
28t |
Oregon |
20.4 |
28t |
Tennessee |
20.4 |
32 |
Michigan |
20.2 |
33 |
Indiana |
20.1 |
34 |
New Hampshire |
19.5 |
35 |
Louisiana |
19.4 |
36 |
Minnesota |
19.3 |
37t |
North Carolina |
19.2 |
37t |
Wyoming |
19.2 |
39t |
Idaho |
19.1 |
39t |
Illinois |
19.1 |
41 |
Maryland |
18.4 |
42 |
Virginia |
18.3 |
43 |
Washington |
18.2 |
44 |
Nevada |
17.6 |
45 |
California |
17.3 |
46 |
District of Columbia |
17.2 |
47 |
Texas |
16.1 |
48t |
Colorado |
15.5 |
48t |
Georgia |
15.5 |
50 |
Utah |
14.7 |
51 |
Alaska |
10.6 |
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Puerto Rico |
21.6 |
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Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program More Tables and Information: Population Estimates Program Notes: ยท The old-age dependency ratio is derived by dividing the population 65 and over by the 18-to-64 population and multiplying by 100. |
