Source: For Veterans, Research Statistics Service, Veterans Administration; for population, 1960-80, U.S. Bureau of the Census; for population 1990-2000, Division of the Actuary, Social Security Administration. Chart 14 61 State TOTAL THE AGING POPULATION: STATE TRENDS, 1961 AND PROJECTIONS FOR 19701 Table 2 Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania 255,000 281,000 10.6 11.8 190,000 223, 000 10.3 11.0 1, 149, 000 1,310,000 10. 1 10.6 102, 000 10.6 10.8 State THE AGING POPULATION: STATE TRENDS, 1961 AND PROJECTIONS FOR 1970' Continued South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Table 2 Data for 1961, U.S. Bureau of the Census, "Current Population Reports," Series P-25. Projections for 1970, adapted from "Financing Education in the 1960's," Special Project on School Finance, Research Division, National Education Association, are based on certain assumptions as to national level of death rates and immigration, relation of State birth and death rates and percentage age distribution to national levels, and continuation of previous fertility and net migration levels. * Computed on the basis of the rounded projections. OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE, 1962 [Preliminary data: Includes vendor payments for medical care and cases receiving only such payments] Table 3 Hawaii 971, 179 1, 192 69.37 Idaho 4, 931, 946 5, 548 71. 34 Illinois 65, 616, 686 64, 483 82.48 Indiana 20, 767, 471 24, 761 72.88 Iowa 31, 680, 213 31, 051 90.72 Kansas 26, 926, 186 25, 248 88.39 Kentucky 35, 925, 788 54, 197 56.87 Louisiana 119, 137, 014 126, 621 79.92 Maine 9, 669, 754 11, 206 76.75 Maryland 7, 899, 933 9, 489 71. 26 Massachusetts 60, 433, 877 58, 467 89.67 Michigan 50, 587, 901 51, 864 77.95 Minnesota 53, 184, 419 43, 921 102. 27 Mississippi 33, 173, 824 77, 872 34. 63 Missouri 80, 365, 419 107, 707 62. 10 Montana 4, 891, 513 6,000 69.02 Nebraska 12, 677, 480 13, 209 79.54 Nevada 2, 569, 266 2,527 89.98 New Hampshire 5, 304, 227 4, 618 99.60 New Jersey 21, 286, 592 18, 634 94. 90 New Mexico 9, 607, 927 10, 882 80.52 New York 57, 097, 554 57, 498 82.55 North Carolina 28, 239, 727 45, 254 53.82 North Dakota 6, 243, 837 5, 939 85.03 Ohio 85, 316, 536 86, 639 83.50 Oklahoma 89, 834, 858 84, 487 89.42 Oregon Pennsylvania 15, 975, 059 15, 182 84.64 42, 370, 598 48, 529 73.34 |