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The
Aging Network
Information Memoranda
January 16, 2002
INFORMATION MEMORANDUM
AoA-IM-02-02
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STATE AND AREA AGENCIES
ADMINISTERING PLANS UNDER TITLE III AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS
ADMINISTERING PLANS UNDER TITLE VI OF THE OLDER AMERICANS
ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED |
SUBJECT : 2000 Census Population figures for
the 60+ Population for States and Territories
LEGAL AND RELATED REFERENCES : Older Americans Act, As Amended
The
purpose of this memorandum is to transmit current figures for
the population 60 years of age and older (60+) for the states
and U.S. territories. The attached table presents the most recent
population figures 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 2002 under Title III of the Older
Americans Act. Also attached, for your information, are several
other population tables by age groups as well as tables by race
and Hispanic origin (using the new OMB racial categories) for
the 60+ and 65+ population.
The figures for the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico are Census population counts (100 percent data) as of April
1, 2000. The figures for American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana
Islands, Palau, and the Virgin Islands are 2000 mid-year Census
estimates from the Census International Data Base.
EFFECTIVE DATE : None
ATTACHMENTS : The 60+ Population for U.S. States and
Territories: April 1, 2000 (table)
Population by Age Group and by Race and
Hispanic Origin for States: April 1, 2000 (tables)
Josefina G. Carbonell
Assistant Secretary for Aging
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