Table 21.  Householders Age 55 Years and Over by Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residence, 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 metropolitan-nonmetropolitan        |               |                              Age of Householder                               |

|residence                                   |               |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 14,810|   26.4|  3,241|   25.2|  2,755|   26.2|  4,676|   26.3|  3,225|   27.6|    914|   29.1|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 28,774|   51.4|  6,830|   53.1|  5,481|   52.1|  9,141|   51.4|  5,824|   49.8|  1,496|   47.7|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 12,424|   22.2|  2,797|   21.7|  2,282|   21.7|  3,979|   22.4|  2,636|   22.6|    730|   23.2|

|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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    |  6,289|   25.1|  1,485|   24.3|  1,251|   24.9|  2,018|   25.1|  1,251|   26.1|    285|   27.3|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 13,083|   52.3|  3,257|   53.3|  2,663|   52.9|  4,204|   52.2|  2,431|   50.7|    529|   50.8|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                      |  5,650|   22.6|  1,363|   22.3|  1,118|   22.2|  1,827|   22.7|  1,114|   23.2|    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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    |  8,522|   27.5|  1,756|   26.0|  1,504|   27.4|  2,658|   27.3|  1,974|   28.7|    629|   30.0|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 15,691|   50.6|  3,574|   52.8|  2,818|   51.4|  4,937|   50.7|  3,393|   49.3|    968|   46.1|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                      |  6,774|   21.9|  1,433|   21.2|  1,164|   21.2|  2,152|   22.1|  1,522|   22.1|    502|   23.9|

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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.