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 3. States and Puerto Rico Ranked by Percent 65 Years and Over: 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. Note: (X) indicates that a ranking is not applicable. 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rank | Area | 2000 | 1990 | Change, 1990 to 2000 | |--------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------- | | Population 65 years and over | Population 65 years and over | | | |--------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (X) United States 34,991,753 12.4 31,241,831 12.6 3,749,922 12.0 1 Florida 2,807,597 17.6 2,369,431 18.3 438,166 18.5 2 Pennsylvania 1,919,165 15.6 1,829,106 15.4 90,059 4.9 3 West Virginia 276,895 15.3 268,897 15.0 7,998 3.0 4 Iowa 436,213 14.9 426,106 15.3 10,107 2.4 5 North Dakota 94,478 14.7 91,055 14.3 3,423 3.8 6 Rhode Island 152,402 14.5 150,547 15.0 1,855 1.2 7 Maine 183,402 14.4 163,373 13.3 20,029 12.3 8 South Dakota 108,131 14.3 102,331 14.7 5,800 5.7 9 Arkansas 374,019 14.0 350,058 14.9 23,961 6.8 10 Connecticut 470,183 13.8 445,907 13.6 24,276 5.4 11 Nebraska 232,195 13.6 223,068 14.1 9,127 4.1 12 Massachusetts 860,162 13.5 819,284 13.6 40,878 5.0 13 Missouri 755,379 13.5 717,681 14.0 37,698 5.3 14 Montana 120,949 13.4 106,497 13.3 14,452 13.6 15 Ohio 1,507,757 13.3 1,406,961 13.0 100,796 7.2 16 Hawaii 160,601 13.3 125,005 11.3 35,596 28.5 17 Kansas 356,229 13.3 342,571 13.8 13,658 4.0 18 New Jersey 1,113,136 13.2 1,032,025 13.4 81,111 7.9 19 Oklahoma 455,950 13.2 424,213 13.5 31,737 7.5 20 Wisconsin 702,553 13.1 651,221 13.3 51,332 7.9 21 Alabama 579,798 13.0 522,989 12.9 56,809 10.9 22 Arizona 667,839 13.0 478,774 13.1 189,065 39.5 23 Delaware 101,726 13.0 80,735 12.1 20,991 26.0 24 New York 2,448,352 12.9 2,363,722 13.1 84,630 3.6 25 Oregon 438,177 12.8 391,324 13.8 46,853 12.0 26 Vermont 77,510 12.7 66,163 11.8 11,347 17.2 27 Kentucky 504,793 12.5 466,845 12.7 37,948 8.1 28 Indiana 752,831 12.4 696,196 12.6 56,635 8.1 29 Tennessee 703,311 12.4 618,818 12.7 84,493 13.7 30 Michigan 1,219,018 12.3 1,108,461 11.9 110,557 10.0 District of Columbia 69,898 12.2 77,847 12.8 -7,949 -10.2 31 South Carolina 485,333 12.1 396,935 11.4 88,398 22.3 32 Minnesota 594,266 12.1 546,934 12.5 47,332 8.7 33 Illinois 1,500,025 12.1 1,436,545 12.6 63,480 4.4 34 Mississippi 343,523 12.1 321,284 12.5 22,239 6.9 35 North Carolina 969,048 12.0 804,341 12.1 164,707 20.5 36 New Hampshire 147,970 12.0 125,029 11.3 22,941 18.3 37 Wyoming 57,693 11.7 47,195 10.4 10,498 22.2 38 New Mexico 212,225 11.7 163,062 10.8 49,163 30.1 39 Louisiana 516,929 11.6 468,991 11.1 47,938 10.2 40 Maryland 599,307 11.3 517,482 10.8 81,825 15.8 41 Idaho 145,916 11.3 121,265 12.0 24,651 20.3 42 Washington 662,148 11.2 575,288 11.8 86,860 15.1 43 Virginia 792,333 11.2 664,470 10.7 127,863 19.2 44 Nevada 218,929 11.0 127,631 10.6 91,298 71.5 45 California 3,595,658 10.6 3,135,552 10.5 460,106 14.7 46 Texas 2,072,532 9.9 1,716,576 10.1 355,956 20.7 47 Colorado 416,073 9.7 329,443 10.0 86,630 26.3 48 Georgia 785,275 9.6 654,270 10.1 131,005 20.0 49 Utah 190,222 8.5 149,958 8.7 40,264 26.9 50 Alaska 35,699 5.7 22,369 4.1 13,330 59.6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (X) Puerto Rico 425,137 11.2 340,884 9.7 84,253 24.7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------