1997 Census Estimates of the Older Population

Population by Five year Age Groups, for States: July 1, 1997

	All Ages	50 to 54 years	55 to 59 years	60 to 64 years	65 to 69 years	70 to 74 years	75 to 79 years	80 to 84 years	85 years and over
United States Total:	267,636,061	15,163,012	11,757,221	10,055,769	9,762,494	8,736,056	7,063,405	4,642,308	3,871,348
Alabama	4,319,154	251,838	203,834	181,128	167,459	144,183	113,125	74,919	61,288
Alaska	609,311	36,538	24,920	17,415	12,100	9,058	5,699	3,105	2,079
Arizona	4,554,966	241,371	190,968	169,879	177,228	158,158	128,962	79,151	58,910
Arkansas	2,522,819	145,861	121,349	109,071	101,200	91,132	74,336	50,921	42,320
California	32,268,301	1,679,831	1,241,394	1,007,347	1,024,891	928,790	749,511	479,720	389,052
Colorado	3,892,644	241,853	175,581	145,696	119,555	100,147	79,385	50,797	43,718
Connecticut	3,269,858	200,073	147,223	121,732	125,970	115,890	101,004	67,727	59,009
Delaware	731,581	41,461	31,953	27,691	28,877	25,130	19,711	11,446	9,207
District of Columbia	528,964	30,546	24,792	20,733	20,848	18,810	15,122	9,831	8,764
Florida	14,653,945	807,754	670,196	641,828	749,562	708,596	584,769	372,914	292,963
Georgia	7,486,242	428,562	316,538	256,748	226,153	189,492	149,520	95,642	77,347
Hawaii	1,186,602	69,748	51,248	44,137	46,457	43,207	32,393	19,218	15,426
Idaho	1,210,232	67,274	53,409	45,961	38,306	33,773	28,932	20,003	15,853
Illinois	11,895,849	661,681	523,183	439,822	413,319	374,418	305,830	210,877	176,859
Indiana	5,864,108	337,955	269,347	226,563	210,993	187,984	149,547	100,965	84,358
Iowa	2,852,423	158,875	131,604	119,005	111,064	102,564	89,484	64,837	61,315
Kansas	2,594,840	140,410	109,616	97,158	93,041	85,512	73,012	51,327	48,703
Kentucky	3,908,124	231,865	188,993	162,097	144,178	125,263	98,170	65,802	55,480
Louisiana	4,351,769	242,733	195,129	169,492	150,020	129,943	100,620	63,036	53,170
Maine	1,242,051	74,866	55,167	48,636	49,274	43,768	35,097	23,765	21,360
Maryland	5,094,289	305,121	224,881	176,917	171,746	152,932	123,140	74,581	61,455
Massachusetts	6,117,520	355,348	259,350	220,131	230,937	215,416	182,556	124,176	109,408
Michigan	9,773,892	565,474	434,819	362,065	350,596	313,632	251,106	166,209	132,467
Minnesota	4,685,549	258,398	200,411	166,554	154,648	139,354	117,320	87,280	79,142
Mississippi	2,730,501	145,226	120,274	107,263	99,004	84,443	66,690	43,473	39,372
Missouri	5,402,058	304,009	245,980	215,598	206,419	185,093	150,580	103,687	94,816
Montana	878,810	54,337	43,592	37,944	32,675	28,265	24,305	16,613	14,285
Nebraska	1,656,870	89,184	70,574	64,684	60,902	54,744	45,765	33,204	32,923
Nevada	1,676,809	101,353	80,564	68,107	65,157	53,567	38,332	21,721	13,868
New Hampshire	1,172,709	66,985	46,834	38,457	40,505	35,558	28,855	19,935	16,601
New Jersey	8,052,849	487,732	371,572	311,121	314,173	282,230	234,796	150,716	123,773
New Mexico	1,729,751	95,484	75,499	66,294	59,602	50,119	38,412	25,010	19,798
New York	18,137,226	1,058,236	836,313	706,456	697,202	615,315	495,055	329,481	290,312
North Carolina	7,425,183	432,301	337,262	297,539	281,801	242,440	188,871	120,263	94,364
North Dakota	640,883	33,611	27,329	26,311	23,911	21,544	18,692	14,608	13,790
Ohio	11,186,331	635,029	512,080	440,246	427,161	389,369	310,480	202,741	164,731
Oklahoma	3,317,091	193,142	157,815	142,241	127,731	111,861	90,187	59,979	54,695
Oregon	3,243,487	202,136	150,272	123,654	115,136	108,644	92,068	63,354	51,074
Pennsylvania	12,019,661	698,201	553,837	495,029	522,736	492,275	407,580	268,897	213,334
Rhode Island	987,429	54,205	40,312	34,672	40,242	39,728	33,804	22,559	19,770
South Carolina	3,760,181	219,656	169,798	149,090	140,026	121,835	93,009	56,097	42,858
South Dakota	737,973	38,441	31,021	29,624	27,784	25,336	21,352	15,761	14,965
Tennessee	5,368,198	325,047	258,229	221,391	199,240	171,803	135,617	88,979	74,503
Texas	19,439,337	1,055,919	801,854	684,482	597,265	508,237	388,491	249,517	216,212
Utah	2,059,148	91,275	70,270	60,234	52,379	45,827	37,333	24,698	19,792
Vermont	588,978	36,355	25,746	21,072	20,812	18,017	14,519	9,826	9,039
Virginia	6,733,996	405,309	301,519	242,340	228,284	196,741	156,697	96,016	77,808
Washington	5,610,362	334,014	239,630	193,208	180,175	162,439	138,546	91,284	74,904
West Virginia	1,815,787	113,297	95,030	85,806	79,585	72,110	55,536	37,042	30,060
Wisconsin	5,169,677	288,127	225,649	196,102	187,700	167,314	138,820	101,468	88,055
Wyoming	479,743	28,965	22,461	18,998	16,465	14,050	10,662	7,130	5,993
Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233
See: http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/state/sasrh/sasrh97.txt
Table compiled by the U.S. Administration on Aging
File: stterr97.xls:97-50+x5

Last Modified: 4/29/2010 1:48:34 PM