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The
Aging Network
Information Memoranda
August 25, 1998
INFORMATION MEMORANDUM
AoA-IM-98-12
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STATE AND AREA
AGENCIES ON AGING ADMINISTERING TITLES III AND VII OF THE
OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED |
SUBJECT : 1997 Population Estimates
of the 60+ Population for States and Territories
LEGAL AND RELATED :
REFERENCES :
The purpose of this memorandum is to
transmit current estimates of the population 60 years of age and
older (60+) for the states and U.S. territories. The attached
table presents the most recent population estimates available
from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, and will be used by the Administration
on Aging to determine formula grant awards during fiscal year
1999 under Title III of the Older Americans Act. Also attached,
for your information, are several other population tables by age
groups.
The figures for the 50 states and the District
of Columbia are population estimates as of July 1, 1997. The figures
for American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and
the Virgin Islands are population counts as of April 1, 1990,
and are from the 1990 Census of Population. Estimates for 1997
for these areas are not available from the Bureau of the Census.
The figure shown for Puerto Rico is the estimate for July 1, 1996,
the latest available from the Bureau of the Census at this time.
The updated figure using July 1, 1997 data for Puerto Rico is
expected to be released soon and will be used in the Title III
grant formula calculation. As was the case in previous years,
the Puerto Rico 60+ population estimate is based on a total population
estimate for that date and the percentage of the total population
which was 60+ as enumerated by the 1990 Census of Population.
EFFECTIVE DATE : None
2 ATTACHMENTS :
The 60+ Population for U.S. States and Territories: July 1, 1997 (table)
Population by Age Group, for States: July 1, 1997 (tables)
/s/__________________________
Jeanette C. Takamura
Assistant Secretary for Aging
Note: The tables are in an Excel spreadsheet workbook file: stterr97.xls
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