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Table 1 .
8 , 10 , 12
Pennsylvania counties 65 + years old population ( numbers in 000s ) by selected characteristics 2000 , 2007 , 2009
NUMBER
NUMBER
PERCENT
PERCENT
( IN 000S )
DISABLED
IN POVERTY
MINORITY
( 2007 )
( 2000 )
( 2000 )
( 2009 )
NUMBER
NUMBER
PERCENT
PERCENT
( IN 000S )
DISABLED
IN POVERTY
MINORITY
( 2007 )
( 2000 )
( 2000 )
( 2009 )
Pennsylvania 1,890 713 9.1 % 16.1 %
Adams
14
4
6.2
4.0
Allegany
206
84
9.0
17.0
Armstrong
13
5
7.9
2.0
Beaver
32
12
7.3
7.7
Bedford
9
3
10.2
1.7
Berks
57
21
7.6
8.4
Blair
22
8
8.8
3.2
Bradford
10
4
8.8
2.3
Bucks
84
24
5.5
8.7
Butler
26
9
9.7
2.8
Cambria
27
12
9.3
4.9
Cameron
1
< 1
7.6
2.0
Carbon
11
5
9.0
3.2
Centre
16
5
5.9
9.0
Chester
59
16
5.5
11.3
Clarion
7
2
8.9
2.3
Clearfield
15
6
9.6
4.2
Clinton
6
3
8.5
2.2
Columbia
10
4
10.0
3.0
Crawford
14
5
8.4
3.6
Cumberland
35
10
6.1
7.4
Dauphin
35
13
7.1
22.5
Delaware
78
29
7.1
24.8
Elk
6
2
5.6
1.6
Erie
40
14
7.7
9.3
Fayette
25
12
13.5
5.7
Forest
1
< 1
9.8
19.5
Franklin
23
7
8.6
4.9
Fulton
2
1
11.2
2.6
Greene
6
3
11.0
5.2
Huntingdon
7
3
9.9
6.7
Indiana
14
5
9.4
3.5
Jefferson
8
3
9.2
1.6
Juniata
4
1
8.0
2.2
Lackawanna
38
17
10.8
4.4
Lancaster
72
22
6.6
6.8
Lawrence
17
6
8.7
5.6
Lebanon
21
7
7.2
3.9
Lehigh
51
17
7.5
5.5
Luzerne
57
26
11.0
4.9
Lycoming
20
7
7.8
6.1
McKean
7
3
8.3
4.7
Mercer
21
8
7.2
7.8
Mifflin
8
3
12.0
1.8
Monroe
19
6
8.3
16.3
Montgomery
114
33
5.1
15.5
Montour
3
1
10.2
4.6
Northampton
42
15
7.3
8.4
Northumberland
17
7
11.8
3.3
Perry
6
2
8.4
2.0
Philadelphia
187
97
16.9
51.5
Pike
9
3
5.4
8.4
Potter
3
1
9.9
2.7
Schuylkill
27
12
10.7
4.2
Snyder
5
2
9.2
2.4
Somerset
14
6
10.1
2.7
Sullivan
1
< 1
12.0
5.0
Susquehanna
7
3
11.0
1.8
Tioga
7
4
10.2
2.3
Union
6
2
7.0
10.6
Venango
9
4
9.1
2.8
Warren
7
3
5.9
1.6
Washington
35
14
8.8
5.4
Wayne
9
3
10.2
4.0
Westmoreland
66
25
8.0
4.2
Wyoming
4
1
10.1
2.4
York
57
18
6.8
8.2
Note : Numbers and percents have been rounded
Table 2 . The change in number and proportion of the elderly population in the United States and Pennsylvania between 2000 and 2008 6 , 7
NUMBER
CHANGE
Age
2000
2008
Number
Percent
( Numbers in 000s )
United States 65 + yrs
35,077
38,870
3,793
10.8 %
85 + yrs
4,286
5,722
1,436
33.5
Pennsylvania
65 + yrs
1,919
1,857
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- 2.7
85 + yrs
238
310
72
30.6
Note : Numbers and percents have been rounded
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