This multimedia web page supports the latest Census Bureau release, The Older Population in the United States: March 2002, featuring national-level data on the socioeconomic characteristics of people age 55 and over. Find additional information in the Facts for Features: Older Americans Month release.
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VIDEO NEWS RELEASE — This video news release highlights the Census Bureau's demographic profiles about the U.S. population age 65 and over. The VNR features interviews with Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon, Senator Daniel K. Akaka of Hawaii, Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia and Dr. Richard J. Hodes, director of the National Institute of Aging. TRT 1:40, Project # V03-057. Script For more information, call the Public Information Office on (301) 763-3045 or e-mail <broadcast@census.gov>. To sample our video products, click on Radio/TV on the Census Bureau's homepage, <http://www.census.gov>. |
Click on the above image to view the video news release.| PHOTOGRAPHS — The following photos may be used to illustrate news articles, brochures or other marketing materials. Click on the thumbnails for downloadable high-resolution images and caption information. | |
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SOUND BITES — The following quotes and radio sound
bites, in the voice of Census Bureau statistician Denise Smith,
are taken from the report on older Americans released on 5/13/03
and can be heard in RealAudio or downloaded in the mp3 format (1.0
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| In 2001, about one-half of married-couple households with a householder 65 and over, had an income of 35,000 or more. Among the married-couple households with a householder 55 to 64, over three-quarters had an income in this range. |
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| Older men are more likely than older women to be in the civilian labor force. Among people age 60 to 64, the proportions were 57 percent for men, and 44 percent for women, whereas for people age 65 and over, they were 18 percent and 10 percent, respectively. |
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| Older men are more likely than older women to have a bachelor’s degree or more education. For example, among those people age 65 to 84, 22 percent of men and 13 percent of women had a bachelor’s degree or more education. |
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| Marital status of older men and women differs greatly. For example, among those in the 65 to 84 year old age group, 74 percent of men and 45 percent of women were married and living with their spouse. |
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| Older women had a higher poverty rate than older men. Among those age 65 and over, 12.4 percent of women, and 7 percent of men were poor. |
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| Older women are more likely than older men to be widowed. Because women have longer life expectancies than men, it is not surprising that 46 percent of women, and only 14 percent of men age 65 and over were widowed. | |
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| ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES —
The following links offer additional information on older Americans
in the United States. |
| The Older Population in the United States: March 2002 [PDF] |
| Census 2000 Brief: The 65 Years and Over Population [PDF] |
| Aging Population News Releases |
| ARCHIVE — View other multimedia pages. |
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