Table 16.  Population Age 55 Years and Over by Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residence, 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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city             | 15,001|   27.1|  3,361|   26.7|  2,592|   25.1|  4,713|   26.4|  3,308|   28.8|  1,027|   33.6|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city            | 28,024|   50.7|  6,705|   53.2|  5,348|   51.9|  9,121|   51.1|  5,514|   48.0|  1,337|   43.8|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                               | 12,278|   22.2|  2,535|   20.1|  2,368|   23.0|  4,009|   22.5|  2,676|   23.3|    690|   22.6|

|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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city             |  6,375|   25.8|  1,536|   25.4|  1,161|   23.6|  2,093|   26.1|  1,263|   26.9|    323|   32.3|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city            | 12,766|   51.7|  3,212|   53.2|  2,604|   52.9|  4,193|   52.2|  2,326|   49.5|    431|   43.1|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                               |  5,553|   22.5|  1,292|   21.4|  1,162|   23.6|  1,741|   21.7|  1,111|   23.6|    247|   24.7|

|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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city             |  8,626|   28.2|  1,826|   27.8|  1,432|   26.6|  2,620|   26.7|  2,045|   30.1|    704|   34.3|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city            | 15,258|   49.8|  3,493|   53.2|  2,744|   51.0|  4,927|   50.2|  3,188|   46.9|    906|   44.1|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                               |  6,726|   22.0|  1,243|   18.9|  1,206|   22.4|  2,269|   23.1|  1,565|   23.0|    444|   21.6|

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

Internet Release date:  November 1, 2000