Hispanic ), 5 % were Asian American ( not Hispanic ), 0.6 % were American Indian and Alaska Native ( not Hispanic ), 0.1 % were Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander ( not Hispanic ), and 0.8 % of persons age 65 and older identified themselves as being of two or more races . Persons of Hispanic origin ( who may be of any race ) represented 9 % of the older population . Only 10 % of all the people who were members of racial and ethnic minority populations were age 65 and older in 2019 compared to 21 % of the non-Hispanic white population . Where do older Americans live ? Georgia , New Jersey , Virginia , Arizona , Washington , Massachusetts , Tennessee , Indiana , Missouri , and Wisconsin each had more than 1 million people age 65 and older in 2019 . The four states with the highest percentage of their populations age 65 and older in 2019 were Maine ( 21 %), Florida ( 21 %), West Virginia ( 20 %), and Vermont ( 20 %). In three states , the age 65 and older population increased by 57 % or more between 2009 and 2019 : Alaska ( 72 %), Colorado ( 58 %), and Nevada ( 57 %).
Living Arrangements Of the older adults living in the community , more than half ( 61 %) of persons age 65 and older lived with their spouse ( including partner ) in 2020 . Approximately 18 million or 73 % of older men , and 15 million or 50 % of older women , lived with their spouse . About 27 % ( 14.7 million ) of all older adults living in the community in 2020 lived alone ( 5 million men , 9.7 million women ). They represented 20 % of older men and 33 % of older women . The proportion living alone increases with advanced age for both men and women . Among women age 75 and older , for example , 42 % lived alone . A relatively small number of people ( 1.2 million ) age 65 and older lived in nursing homes in 2019 . However , the percentage increases with age , ranging from 1 % for persons ages 65-74 to 2 % for persons ages 75-84 and 8 % for persons over age 85 .
Racial and Ethnic Composition In 2019 , 24 % of persons age 65 and older were members of racial or ethnic minority populations — 9 % were African American ( not
Poverty Rates In 2019 , poverty rates were at or above 10 % for older adults living in New Mexico ( 13.5 %), District of Columbia ( 13.3 %), Louisiana ( 13.2 %), Mississippi ( 13.2 %), New York ( 12 %), Kentucky ( 11.6 %), Florida ( 10.7 %), Texas ( 10.6 %), Alabama ( 10.5 %), Arkansas ( 10.5 %), California ( 10.5 %), Georgia ( 10.4 %), and South Carolina ( 10.1 %). From 2019 to 2020 , only 4 % of older persons moved as opposed to 10 % of the population below age 65 . Most older movers ( 55 %) stayed in the same county . The other older movers either remained in the same state ( 26 %) or moved out-of-state or abroad ( 19 %).
Income The median income of older persons in 2019 was $ 27,398 . Men had a higher median income overall : $ 36,921 compared to $ 21,815 for women . From 2018 to 2019 , the real median income ( after adjusting for inflation ) of all households headed by older people increased by 6.5 %, which was statistically significant . Households of families headed by persons age 65 and older reported a median
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