STATE RANKINGS
 
[When states share the same rank, the next lower
 rank is omitted.  States may share the same value
 but have different ranks due to rounding]
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                        Population by age, 1996--
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       STATE            Under 18       65 years old
                         year            and over
                    ---------------- ----------------
                     Percent   Rank   Percent   Rank
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  United States          26.0     X       12.8     X
 
Alabama                  25.2    33       13.0    23
Alaska                   30.4     2        5.2    50
Arizona                  26.0    22       13.2    21
Arkansas                 26.3    19       14.4     7
California               27.8     8       11.0    45
Colorado                 26.1    21       10.1    47
Connecticut              24.4    42       14.3     9
Delaware                 24.3    44       12.8    25
District of Columbia     20.2     X       13.9     X
Florida                  23.8    47       18.5     1
Georgia                  26.6    15        9.9    48
Hawaii                   25.9    27       12.9    24
Idaho                    29.3     3       11.4    38
Illinois                 26.6    15       12.5    28
Indiana                  25.7    28       12.6    26
Iowa                     25.2    33       15.2     4
Kansas                   26.7    13       13.7    15
Kentucky                 24.9    38       12.6    26
Louisiana                28.4     6       11.4    38
Maine                    24.1    45       13.9    11
Maryland                 25.4    31       11.4    38
Massachusetts            23.3    49       14.1    10
Michigan                 26.4    18       12.4    31
Minnesota                26.8    11       12.4    31
Mississippi              27.8     8       12.3    33
Missouri                 26.0    22       13.8    12
Montana                  26.5    17       13.2    21
Nebraska                 26.8    11       13.8    12
Nevada                   26.0    22       11.4    38
New Hampshire            25.5    29       12.0    36
New Jersey               24.9    38       13.8    12
New Mexico               29.3     3       11.0    44
New York                 25.0    36       13.4    17
North Carolina           25.0    36       12.5    28
North Dakota             26.2    20       14.5     6
Ohio                     25.5    29       13.4    17
Oklahoma                 26.7    13       13.5    16
Oregon                   25.2    33       13.4    17
Pennsylvania             24.0    46       15.9     2
Rhode Island             23.8    47       15.8     3
South Carolina           25.4    31       12.1    34
South Dakota             27.9     7       14.4     7
Tennessee                24.9    38       12.5    28
Texas                    28.5     5       10.2    46
Utah                     33.9     1        8.8    49
Vermont                  24.9    38       12.1    34
Virginia                 24.4    42       11.2    42
Washington               26.0    22       11.6    37
West Virginia            23.1    50       15.2     4
Wisconsin                26.0    22       13.3    20
Wyoming                  27.7    10       11.2    42
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X Not applicable.
 
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan
        Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-3.