U.S. Department of Commerce

65+ in the United States

by Frank B. Hobbs with Bonnie L. Damon

P23-190 Current Population Reports: Special Studies

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Full Document (194 pp, 3.1 MB) issued April 1996

Cover
Title Pages
Contents
Highlights

Chapter

  1. Introduction
  2. Numerical Growth
  3. Longevity and Health Characteristics
  4. Economic Considerations
  5. Geographic Distribution
  6. Social and Other Characteristics
  7. The Elderly of Today and Tomorrow
  8. Detailed Tables

Appendices

  1. Definitions
  2. Source and Accuracy of Estimates
  3. Age-Race Modifications to the 1990 Census Data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau