Share aged 65 and over
The percentage of all residents, children included, who are 65 or older. It is a share of everyone, not just of adults. The typical county is 19.7%, and four in five are between 14% and 26%. The extremes come from one big group living there, not from places that aged differently: Sumter County, Florida reaches 57.8% since The Villages retirement community is there. Chattahoochee County, Georgia is 3.3% since it is mostly Fort Benning, an army base, and Madison County, Idaho is 5.3% since it is a university town.
Reported for3,218areas, in 52 states
Link to density0.39not mostly about how urban a place is
Nearby places alike0.35Moran’s I: strongly, neighbouring places tend to be similar
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How it has moved
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Every state, every year
One row per state and one column per year, sorted by the latest value. It shows states, not counties: nobody can scan 3,222 rows, and the pattern only shows when it all fits on one screen.
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Where it comes from
Census ACS 5-year · ACS table B01001_020…B01001_049 (12 cells), divided by total population
Combining areas: an average weighted by total population.
What it goes with
The strongest links that have a page of their own. Unadjusted is the link before adjusting for anything, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step). Adjusted compares places with the same population density, income and education levels, so those differences can’t explain the link. This list leaves out the 60 pairs built from the same numbers or the same model as this measure, since they are bound to match.
| Measure | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Share aged 65 and over and Median ageWhere Share aged 65 and over is higher, Median age tends to be higher: a strong link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Median age by US county | +0.92 | +0.93 |
| Share aged 65 and over and Share never marriedWhere Share aged 65 and over is higher, Share never married tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share never married by US county | -0.50 | -0.56 |
| Share aged 65 and over and Share widowedWhere Share aged 65 and over is higher, Share widowed tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share widowed by US county | +0.57 | +0.55 |
| Share aged 65 and over and Homeownership rateWhere Share aged 65 and over is higher, Homeownership rate tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Homeownership rate by US county | +0.46 | +0.53 |
| Share aged 65 and over and Returns reporting capital gainsWhere Share aged 65 and over is higher, Returns reporting capital gains tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Returns reporting capital gains by US county | +0.34 | +0.53 |
| Share aged 65 and over and People per tax returnWhere Share aged 65 and over is higher, People per tax return tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. People per tax return by US county | -0.30 | -0.47 |
| Share aged 65 and over and Per capita incomeWhere Share aged 65 and over is higher, Per capita income tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Per capita income by US county | -0.02 | +0.44 |
| Share aged 65 and over and Public-good pages per 1,000 usersWhere Share aged 65 and over is higher, Public-good pages per 1,000 users tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Public-good pages per 1,000 users by US county | +0.50 | +0.42 |
| Share aged 65 and over and Mean income of arriving householdsWhere Share aged 65 and over is higher, Mean income of arriving households tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Mean income of arriving households by US county | +0.14 | +0.41 |
| Share aged 65 and over and Returns claiming the earned income creditWhere Share aged 65 and over is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Returns claiming the earned income credit by US county | -0.20 | -0.40 |
Population makeup
How this measure varies with the racial and ethnic makeup of counties. Every group is shown, whatever its rank. These are links across counties: they describe places, not people. They say nothing about any person’s risk or behaviour based on their race. Counties with a larger share of one group also differ in much else, such as income, segregation, region and history. The adjusted figure only accounts for density, income and education.
| Share of residents | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Share aged 65 and over and Share White, not HispanicNot an independent finding: a shared ingredient. Both are built from the same numbers, so they are bound to match. Share White, not Hispanic by US county | +0.37 | +0.38 |
| Share aged 65 and over and Share Black, not HispanicNot an independent finding: a shared ingredient. Both are built from the same numbers, so they are bound to match. Share Black, not Hispanic by US county | -0.12 | -0.15 |
| Share aged 65 and over and Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceNot an independent finding: a shared ingredient. Both are built from the same numbers, so they are bound to match. Share Hispanic or Latino, any race by US county | -0.12 | -0.17 |
| Share aged 65 and over and Share Asian, not HispanicNot an independent finding: a shared ingredient. Both are built from the same numbers, so they are bound to match. Share Asian, not Hispanic by US county | -0.29 | -0.14 |
| Share aged 65 and over and Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicNot an independent finding: a shared ingredient. Both are built from the same numbers, so they are bound to match. Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic by US county | -0.17 | -0.32 |
Highest and lowest
Of 3,218 counties reporting it. These are the two ends of a national ranking. For most measures, that ranking mostly sorts places by income and how urban they are. That is why the place pages compare each place with similar places instead.
Highest
- Sumter County, FL — 57.8%
- Catron County, NM — 44.5%
- La Paz County, AZ — 42.2%
- Charlotte County, FL — 40.4%
- Lancaster County, VA — 40%
Lowest
- Chattahoochee County, GA — 3.32%
- Madison County, ID — 5.32%
- Aleutians West Census Area, AK — 6.37%
- Kusilvak Census Area, AK — 6.42%
- Oglala Lakota County, SD — 7.07%
The middle area reports 19.7%. The middle half of counties falls between 17% and 22.6% (the 25th to 75th percentile).
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