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Census Projections for July 1, 2004

March 10, 2005 - There are three charts below based on the new population
 estimates for July 1, 2004 released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Chart 1 - Shows population by state for all persons, 65+, 85+ and changes from 2000 Census to 2004 estimate.

Chart 2 - Shows population for older Americans ranked by state and largest increase in 85+ population.

Chart 3 - Shows population for older Americans ranked by state and largest increase in 65+ population.
Chart 1 2000 2000 2000 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 Change 2000 to 2004
  Total 65 years and over 85 years and over Total 65 years and over 85 years and over Total 65 years and over 85 years and over Total 65 years and over 85 years and over
                  Number % Number % Number %
.United States 281,423,231 34,992,118 4,239,670 290,809,777 35,919,174 4,713,465 293,655,404 36,293,985 4,859,631 12,232,173 4.35% 1,301,867 3.72% 619,961 14.62%
..Alabama 4,447,100 579,798 67,301 4,500,752 592,181 71,484 4,530,182 597,959 66,170 83,082 1.87% 18,161 3.13% -1,131 -1.68%
..Alaska 626,931 35,699 2,634 648,818 40,598 3,342 655,435 41,887 3,502 28,504 4.55% 6,188 17.33% 868 32.95%
..Arizona 5,130,632 667,839 68,525 5,580,811 714,467 80,910 5,743,834 732,071 85,886 613,202 11.95% 64,232 9.62% 17,361 25.34%
..Arkansas 2,673,398 374,019 46,492 2,725,714 377,682 49,189 2,752,629 381,106 47,842 79,231 2.96% 7,087 1.89% 1,350 2.90%
..California 33,871,653 3,595,660 425,659 35,484,453 3,764,870 488,574 35,893,799 3,822,957 514,013 2,022,146 5.97% 227,297 6.32% 88,354 20.76%
..Colorado 4,301,997 416,159 48,222 4,550,688 441,371 54,359 4,601,403 450,971 55,636 299,406 6.96% 34,812 8.37% 7,414 15.37%
..Connecticut 3,405,584 470,186 64,273 3,483,372 470,689 73,998 3,503,604 473,693 82,075 98,020 2.88% 3,507 0.75% 17,802 27.70%
..Delaware 783,600 101,726 10,549 817,491 106,896 12,437 830,364 108,961 13,259 46,764 5.97% 7,235 7.11% 2,710 25.69%
..District of Columbia 572,059 69,898 8,975 563,384 67,845 9,350 553,523 67,171 9,288 -18,536 -3.24% -2,727 -3.90% 313 3.49%
..Florida 15,982,820 2,807,650 331,293 17,019,068 2,897,383 371,614 17,397,161 2,927,583 379,572 1,414,341 8.85% 119,933 4.27% 48,279 14.57%
..Georgia 8,186,517 785,280 87,857 8,684,715 826,506 96,877 8,829,383 847,082 95,273 642,866 7.85% 61,802 7.87% 7,416 8.44%
..Hawaii 1,211,537 160,601 17,564 1,257,608 169,346 22,070 1,262,840 172,008 25,344 51,303 4.23% 11,407 7.10% 7,780 44.30%
..Idaho 1,293,956 145,916 18,057 1,366,332 155,652 21,205 1,393,262 158,695 22,478 99,306 7.67% 12,779 8.76% 4,421 24.48%
..Illinois 12,419,570 1,500,051 192,034 12,653,544 1,507,377 211,515 12,713,634 1,520,629 219,387 294,064 2.37% 20,578 1.37%