Table 20.  Householders Age 55 Years and Over by Region, Sex, and Age:  March 2002                                                                                                37
            (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           | 59,644|  100.0| 14,667|  100.0| 11,208|  100.0| 18,123|  100.0| 12,191|  100.0|  3,456|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 12,414|   20.8|  3,039|   20.7|  2,207|   19.7|  3,748|   20.7|  2,682|   22.0|    738|   21.3|
|  Midwest         | 13,967|   23.4|  3,303|   22.5|  2,752|   24.6|  4,101|   22.6|  2,913|   23.9|    897|   26.0|
|  South           | 21,428|   35.9|  5,229|   35.7|  4,010|   35.8|  6,805|   37.6|  4,201|   34.5|  1,183|   34.2|
|  West            | 11,836|   19.8|  3,095|   21.1|  2,238|   20.0|  3,468|   19.1|  2,395|   19.6|    639|   18.5|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           | 26,608|  100.0|  7,091|  100.0|  5,282|  100.0|  8,245|  100.0|  4,898|  100.0|  1,093|  100.0|
|  Northeast       |  5,473|   20.6|  1,476|   20.8|  1,018|   19.3|  1,721|   20.9|  1,032|   21.1|    226|   20.7|
|  Midwest         |  6,167|   23.2|  1,605|   22.6|  1,284|   24.3|  1,790|   21.7|  1,189|   24.3|    299|   27.3|
|  South           |  9,512|   35.7|  2,498|   35.2|  1,887|   35.7|  3,108|   37.7|  1,666|   34.0|    352|   32.2|
|  West            |  5,457|   20.5|  1,512|   21.3|  1,093|   20.7|  1,626|   19.7|  1,011|   20.6|    216|   19.8|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           | 33,035|  100.0|  7,575|  100.0|  5,926|  100.0|  9,878|  100.0|  7,293|  100.0|  2,363|  100.0|
|  Northeast       |  6,941|   21.0|  1,563|   20.6|  1,189|   20.1|  2,027|   20.5|  1,649|   22.6|    512|   21.7|
|  Midwest         |  7,800|   23.6|  1,698|   22.4|  1,468|   24.8|  2,311|   23.4|  1,724|   23.6|    598|   25.3|
|  South           | 11,916|   36.1|  2,731|   36.1|  2,123|   35.8|  3,697|   37.4|  2,535|   34.8|    830|   35.1|
|  West            |  6,379|   19.3|  1,583|   20.9|  1,146|   19.3|  1,843|   18.7|  1,384|   19.0|    423|   17.9|
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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 2002, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.