US Counties With the Highest Population Aged 65 and Over
3,218 US counties ranked by population aged 65 and over, from highest to lowest. First are Sumter County, FL (577.76), Catron County, NM (444.78) and La Paz County, AZ (422.28). The middle one of the 3,218 has 197.35.
What this measures
The number of residents aged 65 and over. This is a count of people, not a percentage. Source: Census ACS 5-year.
This is a count, so it is ranked per 1,000 residents. Ranked by the raw total, it would just list the biggest counties.
For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.
The 100 highest counties
Every state, highest first
Each state’s own published figure, not an average of its counties.
| Rank | State | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 227.47 |
| 2 | Maine | 218.64 |
| 3 | Florida | 211.17 |
| 4 | Vermont | 207.89 |
| 5 | West Virginia | 206.78 |
| 6 | Delaware | 200.09 |
| 7 | Hawaii | 198.97 |
| 8 | Montana | 196.96 |
| 9 | New Hampshire | 194.92 |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | 190.67 |
| 11 | New Mexico | 187.80 |
| 12 | Oregon | 186.29 |
| 13 | Arizona | 185.73 |
| 14 | South Carolina | 184.85 |
| 15 | Rhode Island | 182.51 |
| 16 | Michigan | 181.55 |
| 17 | Connecticut | 180.85 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 180.26 |
| 19 | Wyoming | 179.94 |
| 20 | Ohio | 178.52 |
| 21 | Iowa | 178.06 |
| 22 | South Dakota | 175.82 |
| 23 | Missouri | 174.95 |
| 24 | Alabama | 174.94 |
| 25 | Massachusetts | 174.66 |
| 26 | New York | 174.17 |
| 27 | Arkansas | 173.33 |
| 28 | Kentucky | 170.26 |
| 29 | North Carolina | 168.83 |
| 30 | Minnesota | 168.39 |
| 31 | New Jersey | 168.32 |
| 32 | Tennessee | 167.86 |
| 33 | Mississippi | 167.76 |
| 34 | Nevada | 166.32 |
| 35 | Idaho | 166.05 |
| 36 | Kansas | 165.67 |
| 37 | Illinois | 165.59 |
| 38 | Indiana | 163.88 |
| 39 | Nebraska | 163.87 |
| 40 | Louisiana | 163.13 |
| 41 | Virginia | 162.89 |
| 42 | Washington | 162.68 |
| 43 | Maryland | 162.57 |
| 44 | North Dakota | 161.82 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | 160.73 |
| 46 | California | 152.75 |
| 47 | Colorado | 151.88 |
| 48 | Georgia | 146.11 |
| 49 | Alaska | 133.27 |
| 50 | Texas | 131.76 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 127.22 |
| 52 | Utah | 116.18 |
More on population aged 65 and over
- US Counties With the Lowest Population Aged 65 and Over
- Population aged 65 and over by US county: map by year and what it goes with
A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.