Table 20.  Householders Age 55 Years and Over by Region, Sex, and Age:  March 2000



Source:  U.S. Census Bureau

Internet Release date:  June 1, 2001



            (Numbers in thousands)

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|Sex and region    |               |                              Age of Householder                               |

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

|                  |               |               |               |               |               | 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 1/          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total           | 56,008|  100.0| 12,868|  100.0| 10,519|  100.0| 17,796|  100.0| 11,685|  100.0|  3,140|  100.0|

|  Northeast       | 11,542|   20.6|  2,519|   19.6|  2,182|   20.7|  3,540|   19.9|  2,534|   21.7|    767|   24.4|

|  Midwest         | 12,553|   22.4|  2,844|   22.1|  2,309|   21.9|  3,990|   22.4|  2,663|   22.8|    747|   23.8|

|  South           | 20,492|   36.6|  4,649|   36.1|  3,873|   36.8|  6,804|   38.2|  4,163|   35.6|  1,003|   32.0|

|  West            | 11,421|   20.4|  2,855|   22.2|  2,156|   20.5|  3,462|   19.5|  2,325|   19.9|    622|   19.8|

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

|  Total           | 25,023|  100.0|  6,105|  100.0|  5,032|  100.0|  8,049|  100.0|  4,796|  100.0|  1,041|  100.0|

|  Northeast       |  5,043|   20.2|  1,170|   19.2|  1,056|   21.0|  1,557|   19.3|  1,009|   21.0|    250|   24.0|

|  Midwest         |  5,626|   22.5|  1,412|   23.1|  1,072|   21.3|  1,859|   23.1|  1,065|   22.2|    219|   21.0|

|  South           |  9,132|   36.5|  2,193|   35.9|  1,793|   35.6|  3,091|   38.4|  1,711|   35.7|    344|   33.1|

|  West            |  5,222|   20.9|  1,329|   21.8|  1,112|   22.1|  1,542|   19.2|  1,011|   21.1|    228|   21.9|

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

|  Total           | 30,986|  100.0|  6,763|  100.0|  5,487|  100.0|  9,747|  100.0|  6,889|  100.0|  2,099|  100.0|

|  Northeast       |  6,499|   21.0|  1,349|   19.9|  1,126|   20.5|  1,984|   20.4|  1,524|   22.1|    517|   24.6|

|  Midwest         |  6,926|   22.4|  1,432|   21.2|  1,237|   22.5|  2,131|   21.9|  1,598|   23.2|    528|   25.2|

|  South           | 11,360|   36.7|  2,456|   36.3|  2,080|   37.9|  3,713|   38.1|  2,452|   35.6|    659|   31.4|

|  West            |  6,200|   20.0|  1,526|   22.6|  1,045|   19.0|  1,920|   19.7|  1,315|   19.1|    395|   18.8|

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1/ Regions are described in the Current Population Survey (CPS)

glossary of subject concepts at www.census.gov/population/www/cps/cpsdef.html.



SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.