Census 2000 PHC-T-13. Population and Ranking Tables of the Older Population for the United States, States, Puerto Rico, Places of 100,000 or More Population, and Counties Table 1. Population 65 Years and Over, for States and for Puerto Rico: 1990 and 2000 Note: 1990 populations shown in this table were originally published in 1990 Census reports and do not include subsequent revisions due to boundary or other changes. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1; 1990 Census of Population, General Population Characteristics, United States (1990 CP-1-1). Internet release date: October 3, 2001 For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf1.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area | 2000 | 1990 | Change, 1990 to 2000 |---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------- | Total population | Population 65 years and over | Total population | Population 65 years and over | | | |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| | | | Number | Percent | | Number | Percent | Number | Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States 281,421,906 34,991,753 12.4 248,709,873 31,241,831 12.6 3,749,922 12.0 Alabama 4,447,100 579,798 13.0 4,040,587 522,989 12.9 56,809 10.9 Alaska 626,932 35,699 5.7 550,043 22,369 4.1 13,330 59.6 Arizona 5,130,632 667,839 13.0 3,665,228 478,774 13.1 189,065 39.5 Arkansas 2,673,400 374,019 14.0 2,350,725 350,058 14.9 23,961 6.8 California 33,871,648 3,595,658 10.6 29,760,021 3,135,552 10.5 460,106 14.7 Colorado 4,301,261 416,073 9.7 3,294,394 329,443 10.0 86,630 26.3 Connecticut 3,405,565 470,183 13.8 3,287,116 445,907 13.6 24,276 5.4 Delaware 783,600 101,726 13.0 666,168 80,735 12.1 20,991 26.0 District of Columbia 572,059 69,898 12.2 606,900 77,847 12.8 -7,949 -10.2 Florida 15,982,378 2,807,597 17.6 12,937,926 2,369,431 18.3 438,166 18.5 Georgia 8,186,453 785,275 9.6 6,478,216 654,270 10.1 131,005 20.0 Hawaii 1,211,537 160,601 13.3 1,108,229 125,005 11.3 35,596 28.5 Idaho 1,293,953 145,916 11.3 1,006,749 121,265 12.0 24,651 20.3 Illinois 12,419,293 1,500,025 12.1 11,430,602 1,436,545 12.6 63,480 4.4 Indiana 6,080,485 752,831 12.4 5,544,159 696,196 12.6 56,635 8.1 Iowa 2,926,324 436,213 14.9 2,776,755 426,106 15.3 10,107 2.4 Kansas 2,688,418 356,229 13.3 2,477,574 342,571 13.8 13,658 4.0 Kentucky 4,041,769 504,793 12.5 3,685,296 466,845 12.7 37,948 8.1 Louisiana 4,468,976 516,929 11.6 4,219,973 468,991 11.1 47,938 10.2 Maine 1,274,923 183,402 14.4 1,227,928 163,373 13.3 20,029 12.3 Maryland 5,296,486 599,307 11.3 4,781,468 517,482 10.8 81,825 15.8 Massachusetts 6,349,097 860,162 13.5 6,016,425 819,284 13.6 40,878 5.0 Michigan 9,938,444 1,219,018 12.3 9,295,297 1,108,461 11.9 110,557 10.0 Minnesota 4,919,479 594,266 12.1 4,375,099 546,934 12.5 47,332 8.7 Mississippi 2,844,658 343,523 12.1 2,573,216 321,284 12.5 22,239 6.9 Missouri 5,595,211 755,379 13.5 5,117,073 717,681 14.0 37,698 5.3 Montana 902,195 120,949 13.4 799,065 106,497 13.3 14,452 13.6 Nebraska 1,711,263 232,195 13.6 1,578,385 223,068 14.1 9,127 4.1 Nevada 1,998,257 218,929 11.0 1,201,833 127,631 10.6 91,298 71.5 New Hampshire 1,235,786 147,970 12.0 1,109,252 125,029 11.3 22,941 18.3 New Jersey 8,414,350 1,113,136 13.2 7,730,188 1,032,025 13.4 81,111 7.9 New Mexico 1,819,046 212,225 11.7 1,515,069 163,062 10.8 49,163 30.1 New York 18,976,457 2,448,352 12.9 17,990,455 2,363,722 13.1 84,630 3.6 North Carolina 8,049,313 969,048 12.0 6,628,637 804,341 12.1 164,707 20.5 North Dakota 642,200 94,478 14.7 638,800 91,055 14.3 3,423 3.8 Ohio 11,353,140 1,507,757 13.3 10,847,115 1,406,961 13.0 100,796 7.2 Oklahoma 3,450,654 455,950 13.2 3,145,585 424,213 13.5 31,737 7.5 Oregon 3,421,399 438,177 12.8 2,842,321 391,324 13.8 46,853 12.0 Pennsylvania 12,281,054 1,919,165 15.6 11,881,643 1,829,106 15.4 90,059 4.9 Rhode Island 1,048,319 152,402 14.5 1,003,464 150,547 15.0 1,855 1.2 South Carolina 4,012,012 485,333 12.1 3,486,703 396,935 11.4 88,398 22.3 South Dakota 754,844 108,131 14.3 696,004 102,331 14.7 5,800 5.7 Tennessee 5,689,283 703,311 12.4 4,877,185 618,818 12.7 84,493 13.7 Texas 20,851,820 2,072,532 9.9 16,986,510 1,716,576 10.1 355,956 20.7 Utah 2,233,169 190,222 8.5 1,722,850 149,958 8.7 40,264 26.9 Vermont 608,827 77,510 12.7 562,758 66,163 11.8 11,347 17.2 Virginia 7,078,515 792,333 11.2 6,187,358 664,470 10.7 127,863 19.2 Washington 5,894,121 662,148 11.2 4,866,692 575,288 11.8 86,860 15.1 West Virginia 1,808,344 276,895 15.3 1,793,477 268,897 15.0 7,998 3.0 Wisconsin 5,363,675 702,553 13.1 4,891,769 651,221 13.3 51,332 7.9 Wyoming 493,782 57,693 11.7 453,588 47,195 10.4 10,498 22.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Puerto Rico 3,808,610 425,137 11.2 3,522,037 340,884 9.7 84,253 24.7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------