The 60+ and 70+ Population for States and Territories: July 1, 2006

 State or Territory    Population 60+   Population 70+     State or Territory    Population 60+  Population 70+
Alabama                     838,184                436,285   New Jersey               1,528,284              822,632
Alaska                       71,072                  29,340   New Mexico                  330,887              172,452
Arizona                  1,063,407                570,770   New York               3,405,892           1,831,511
Arkansas                     530,677                278,562   North Carolina                1,496,394              760,239
California                  5,352,027             2,831,969   North Dakota                   120,830                70,454
 
Colorado                     673,976                334,189   Ohio                2,051,874           1,113,637
Connecticut                     638,143                348,282   Oklahoma                   642,026              339,305
Delaware                     156,552                  81,716   Oregon                   659,478              343,839
District of Columbia                       96,838                  51,345   Pennsylvania                2,480,895           1,410,469
Florida                  3,962,047             2,259,350   Rhode Island                   196,585              111,840
 
Georgia                  1,301,809                628,259   South Carolina                   772,431              387,731
Hawaii                     240,588                133,669   South Dakota                   146,906                82,877
Idaho                    234,512                119,488   Tennessee                1,064,297              539,475
Illinois                  2,075,672             1,110,192   Texas              3,241,247           1,650,058
Indiana                  1,065,124                564,139   Utah                   309,393              160,399
 
Iowa                    570,742                324,806   Vermont                   115,883                59,187
Kansas                     475,694                265,048   Virginia                1,239,014              622,437
Kentucky                     738,022                378,361   Washington                1,033,100              525,495
Louisiana                     714,192                370,303   West Virginia                   375,345              199,557
Maine                    263,210                139,475   Wisconsin                   972,840              529,074
 
Maryland                     904,451                460,578   Wyoming                    87,563                44,234
Massachusetts                  1,151,317                635,827   American Samoa                      2,917                    974
Michigan                  1,725,900                909,138   Guam                    16,565                  7,133
Minnesota                     849,548                455,657   Northern Mariana Islands                      2,406                    675
Mississippi                     492,506                256,252        
Missouri                  1,053,202                562,958   Puerto Rico   698,358 345,563
Montana                     179,422                  93,319   Virgin Islands   19,021                  7,662
Nebraska                     309,660                174,629        
Nevada                     396,734                187,108      60 and over:    70 and over:  
New Hampshire                     226,198                116,882   Total             51,361,857          27,246,805

Table compiled by the US Administration on Aging
Sources:

For 50 states and DC:
U.S. Census Bureau State Population Estimates
http://www.census.gov/popest/datasets.html
File: http://www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh/files/SC_EST2006_AGESEX_RES.csv

For Puerto Rico:
U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates
Table 2: Annual Estimates of the Population by Sex and Age for Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006
(PRC-EST2006-02)
http://www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh/tables/PRC-EST2006-02.xls

For Territories: U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base
Table 94 - Mid-year Population Estimates
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbprint.html
Retrieved:  May 20, 2007
File: stterr2006.xls:2006-60+