Table 15.  Population Age 55 Years and Over by Region, Sex, and Age: March 1999

           (Numbers in thousands.)



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|Population Age 55 Years and Over                |               |                                      Age                                      |

|                                                |               |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                |               |               |               |               |               | 85 years and  |

|                                                |     Total     |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years |65 to 74 years |75 to 84 years |     over      |

|                                                |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|

|                                                |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|

|------------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|

|Total                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                                         | 55,304|  100.0| 12,601|  100.0| 10,308|  100.0| 17,843|  100.0| 11,497|  100.0|  3,054|  100.0|

|  Northeast 1/                                  | 11,245|   20.3|  2,548|   20.2|  2,101|   20.4|  3,515|   19.7|  2,360|   20.5|    720|   23.6|

|  Midwest 2/                                    | 12,564|   22.7|  2,656|   21.1|  2,381|   23.1|  3,986|   22.3|  2,767|   24.1|    774|   25.3|

|  South 3/                                      | 20,347|   36.8|  4,606|   36.6|  3,777|   36.6|  6,859|   38.4|  4,133|   35.9|    972|   31.8|

|  West 4/                                       | 11,148|   20.2|  2,791|   22.1|  2,049|   19.9|  3,483|   19.5|  2,237|   19.5|    588|   19.2|

|Male                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                                         | 24,694|  100.0|  6,040|  100.0|  4,927|  100.0|  8,027|  100.0|  4,699|  100.0|  1,001|  100.0|

|  Northeast 1/                                  |  4,886|   19.8|  1,199|   19.9|  1,002|   20.3|  1,548|   19.3|    894|   19.0|    243|   24.3|

|  Midwest 2/                                    |  5,607|   22.7|  1,307|   21.6|  1,166|   23.7|  1,795|   22.4|  1,125|   23.9|    214|   21.4|

|  South 3/                                      |  9,076|   36.8|  2,171|   35.9|  1,789|   36.3|  3,087|   38.5|  1,725|   36.7|    305|   30.5|

|  West 4/                                       |  5,125|   20.8|  1,363|   22.6|    970|   19.7|  1,598|   19.9|    955|   20.3|    239|   23.9|

|Female                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                                         | 30,610|  100.0|  6,561|  100.0|  5,381|  100.0|  9,816|  100.0|  6,798|  100.0|  2,053|  100.0|

|  Northeast 1/                                  |  6,359|   20.8|  1,349|   20.6|  1,099|   20.4|  1,968|   20.0|  1,466|   21.6|    478|   23.3|

|  Midwest 2/                                    |  6,957|   22.7|  1,349|   20.6|  1,216|   22.6|  2,191|   22.3|  1,642|   24.1|    560|   27.2|

|  South 3/                                      | 11,271|   36.8|  2,435|   37.1|  1,988|   36.9|  3,772|   38.4|  2,408|   35.4|    667|   32.5|

|  West 4/                                       |  6,023|   19.7|  1,428|   21.8|  1,079|   20.0|  1,885|   19.2|  1,283|   18.9|    349|   17.0|

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1/ The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,

Rhode Island, and Vermont.

2/ The Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,

Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

3/ The South region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,

Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

4/ The West region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,

Nevada, New mexico, Oregan, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

SOURCE:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.

Internet Release date:  November 1, 2000