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Newport Comprehensive Land Use Plan

Senior Housing

Newport's population is aging in place. The last decade has
seen an increase in older age groups in Newport. An
increasing share of the population nationwide is 65 and
over, and this share is expected to increase. According to
2000 Census figures, 3,974 persons living in Newport were
over the age of 62, fully 15$ of total population. In 2010
4,389 persons were over the age of 62 amounting to 17.8%
of the total population. The median age of the Newport's
population went from 34.8 in the 2000 US Census to 36.4 in
the 2010 US Census. The City of Newport has also seen an
increase in seniors living in poverty. According to 1999
income levels, 272 persons of age 65 and older lived below
poverty line, translating to eight percent of the total
population aged 65 and older. In the 2010 Census c