The
Aging Network
Information Memoranda
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June 12, 2000
INFORMATION MEMORANDUM
AoA-IM-00-03 (OPOD)
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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 : 1999 Population Estimates
of the 60+ Population for States and Territories
LEGAL AND RELATED : Older Americans Act, As Amended
REFERENCES :
Purpose
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 2001 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 Census population estimates as of July 1, 1999. The figures
for American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Puerto
Rico, and the Virgin Islands are 1999 mid-year Census estimates
from the Census International Data Base.
EFFECTIVE DATE : None
2 ATTACHMENTS : The
60+ Population for U.S. States and Territories: July 1, 1999
(table)
Population
by Age Group for States: July 1, 1999 (table)
Jeanette C. Takamua
Assistant Secretary for Aging
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