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Second Biennial Edition
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA:
A STATISTICAL ABSTRACT 1978
Carter C. Osterbind
and
Angela M. O'Rand, Editors
Doreen M. Willmeroth, Managing Editor
Susan S. Floyd, Production Editor
Center for Gerontological Studies
University of Florida
The University Presses of Florida
Gainesville
1979
University of Florida
Center for Gerontological Studies
Carter C. Osterbind
Director
Harold M. Stahmer
Associate Director
Angela M. O'Rand
Graduate Program Coordinator
Alene L. Williams
Secretary
Doreen M. Willmeroth
Editorial Assistant
Felix Muehlner
Research Associate
Grace Scarboro
Student Assistant
Daniel Mendicino
Research Assistant
ISBN 0-8130-0652-X
TO THE READER
The older population of Florida, as well as of
the United States, is growing faster than the popu-
lation as a whole. The increasing number and pro-
portion of the elderly reflect demographic changes
that are already having pervasive influences on the
economy and on public policy regarding health and
other supportive human services in the state. These
trends underscore the need for information to re-
veal the constantly changing makeup of the older
population, the economic and social conditions con-
fronting older people in different regions of the
state, and the effectiveness with which public and
private resources are being mobilized to adjust to
these changes.
This publication is a result of an on-going
program to maintain and to disseminate current
information on older people in Florida. The data
are gathered from many sources, including federal
documents, survey data, state agencies, other
public information files, and private reports and
records. And while every effort has been made to
report uniform time periods, age-race-sex
groupings, and geographical units, our reliance on
these multiple sources makes such consistency
difficult to achieve. Nevertheless, the data on
population, income, employment, housing, trans-
portation, social insurance, health, vital statistics,
and other social indicators fit together to portray
the overall picture of the elderly in this state.
Special emphasis has been given to find or to
develop where possible up-to-date information at the
county level. These tabulations should be espe-
cially useful to program planners and project
managers. The users of this information are
cautioned where appropriate regarding the pitfalls
of estimates made at different levels of aggregation.
Besides the classification of data at different levels
of aggregation, time series or historical information
is reported as it is available. These data show
trends or changes over time and put into perspec-
tive some of the current information that is
reported.
The major source of information is the United
States Census of 1970. It provides detailed
statistics on the social and economic characteristics
of older people in Florida, its counties, and major
standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSAs). In
any instance where more up-to-date data are avail-
able, as a result of special surveys or estimates,
they have been provided. Information compiled
from noncensus sources are for the most recent
period for which the data were available when this
publication was being prepared. When the data are
for other than a calendar year, the title of the
table may specify a fiscal year, the period from
July 1 to June 30. Some current estimates
(especially at the county level) rely on trend
extrapolations from both the 1960 and 1970
Censuses.
The volume is divided into nine major sections:
Population, Income and Poverty, Employment, Vital
Statistics and Health, Housing, Transportation,
Social Insurance, Quality of Life, and Health,
Education and Cultural Services. At the beginning
of each section is a brief commentary on the data,
special definitions, and sources of information.
At this point, special acknowledgements are
necessary to individual staff members of the Center
for Gerontological Studies and the Bureau of Eco-
nomic and Business Research for their respective
contributions to this publication. Frances W.
Terhune, Associate in Research at the Bureau of
Economic and Business Research, receives special
thanks for her valuable advice. Doreen M.
Willmeroth coordinated staff activities and super-
vised the page layouts and graphics. Susan S.
Floyd was responsible for statistical computations
and for coding and auditing the data, assisted by
Ava Hagan and student assistants Maria Arevalo,
Bernadine Cashe, Steve Cook, Deborah Egnatowich,
Joy Haddocks, Wanda Kenchin, Lisa Marsh, Sandra
Molnar, Waymond Norman, Janice Randolph,
Gwendolyn Ritter, Ann Roberson, Grace Scarboro,
David Schlottman, and Donna St. Angelo. Graduate
Assistants Randy Forde, Daniel Mendicino, and
Joann Werfel participated in the search for and com-
pilation of data. Daniel Mendicino and Mona Nieland
were responsible for paste-up. Evan Eldridge,
Genevieve Floyd, and Teri Blunt were responsible
for computer processing. Phyllis Lee, Nicole
Fortunas, Nellie Widener, and John Wright key-
punched and verified the data. Alene Williams and
Dorothy Evans made final corrections on the tables.
Felix Muehlner, Research Associate, was responsible
for the survey and collection of data sources and
for making the statistical computations for the In-
come estimates.
This publication is part of a series of reports
of the Data Bank on Aging in Florida administered
by the Consortium of University Centers on Aging
and sponsored by the Florida Legislature. The
Consortium consists currently of established geron-
tology centers from the University of Florida,
Florida State University, University of South
Florida, and the University of Miami. The produc-
tion of this document was financially supported in
part by the state Data Bank funds of the Con-
sortium.
Carter C. Osterbind
and
Angela M. O'Rand
Editors
Gainesville, Florida
January 1979
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.00 Population 1
2.00 Income 43
3.00 Employment 90
4.00 Vital Statistics 112
5.00 Housing 125
6.00 Transportation 155
7.00 Social Insurance 170
8.00 Quality of Life 211
9.00 Health, Education, and Cultural
Services 234
Index 259
I
Counties and Standard
Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Beach
*BRADENfIT ORLANDO
MANATEE COUNTY ORANGE COUNTY
**OSCEOLA COUNTY
DAYTONA BEACH SEMINOLE COUNTY
VOLUSIA COUNTY
PANAMAA CITY
FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYMBOD BAY COUNTY
BROWARD COUNTY
PENSACOLA
FT. MYERS ESCAMBIA COUNTY
LEE COUNTY SANTA ROSA COUNTY
GAINESVILLE SARASOTA
ALACHUA COUNTY SARASOTA COUNTY
JACKSONVILLE TALLAHASSEE
**BAKER COUNTY LEON COUNTY
**CLAY COUNTY **WAKULLA COUNTY
DUVAL COUNTY
**NASSAU COUNTY TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG
**ST. JOHNS COUNTY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
**PASCO COUNTY
LAKELAND-WINTER HAVEN PINELLAS COUNTY
POLK COUNTY
MELBOURNE-TITUSVILLE-COCOA
BREVARD COUNTY
MIAMI
DADE COUNTY
WEST PALM-BOCA RATON
PALM BEACH COUNTY
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DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT 4 DISTRICT 9
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LIBERTY
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COLUMBIA
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IERNANDO COLLIER
IAFAYTTEF DE SOID
LAKE GLADES
LEVY HARDEE
MARION HENRY
PUTNAM HIRANDS
SUMTER LEE
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POPULATION
Population analysis involves both the current
number and composition or distribution of character-
istics (e.g., age, sex, race) of people in an area
and the changes over time in the number and
composition of people in an area. Births, deaths,
and migration in and out of an area are the primary
bases of population size, composition, and change.
In Florida migration has played the most important
role in population change, particularly in the
changing age composition of the state. This change
is currently reflected in the fact that Florida now
has the highest percentage of persons aged 65 and
over in the country and 'is rapidly moving towards
having the greatest absolute number of persons in
this age group by the turn of the century.
The tables presented in this section report
statistics on the growth, distribution, and basic
characteristics of older people in Florida. Emphasis
has been placed on developing the most reliable
current estimates of population at the state and
county levels. Historical and total population (all
ages) figures are included for purposes of com-
parison. Also, both age groups 60 and over and 65
and over are reported where the data allow. The
complete decennial censuses from 1960 and 1970 and
the Current Population Reports of the United States
Bureau of the Census serve as the principal
sources of information. Some data come from the
20, 15, or 5 percent samples of the 1970 census.
Some definitions and limitations of the data
must be noted. Individuals are considered residents
of an area if they have designated this community
as their usual place of residence, although it may
not be their legal residence, voting residence, or
domicile. The term standard metropolitan statistical
area (SMSA) refers to a county or group of con-
tiguous counties which contain at least one central
city of 50,000 inhabitants.
Population statistics for intercensal years for
Florida may be found in Florida Estimates of
Population and Population Studies, both published
annually by the Population Division of the Bureau
of Economic and Business Research, University of
Florida. Estimates of the 1977 county population by
age, race, and sex were prepared by Bart B. Lewis
of the Population Division staff. They were calcu-
lated using a cohort-component methodology at the
county level. First, the1970 Census population was
advanced 7.25 years and adjusted for observed
births and deaths. The difference between this
"survived" population and the July 1, 1977, total
population estimate is the change in population due
to net migration. This net migration total is then
partitioned into effects for each age, race, and sex
group based on the observed effects of net migra-
tion in that county between 1960 and 1970.
The impact of migration on the population of
Florida cannot be overemphasized. Any current
estimate of population, particularly at lower levels
of aggregation (i.e. county), must be considered
only in light of assumptions about migration trends.
This is especially the case in some tables in this
section that assume that the net effect of migration
on the age, race, and sex components of a county's
population was similar between 1970 and 1977 to the
change between 1960 and 1970. Figures for age,
race, and/or sex may be accurate or may over- or
underestimate age-race-sex components for a given
county to the degree to which this assumption holds
for that county.
TABLE 1.05. POPULATION: POPULATION BY AGE GROUP IN FLORIDA, CENSUS COUNTS 1890
THROUGH 1970 AND ESTIMATES 1975 AND 1977
TOTAL UNDER 45 45 TO 59 TOTAL 60
POPULATION YEARS YEARS AND OVER
60 65
TO 64 TO 74 75 YEARS
YEARS YEARS AND OVER
POPULATION
338,638
454,154
640,875
781,021
1,155,051
1,416,987
1,973,608
3,379,109
4,331,828
5,137,472
5,292,772
36,224
51,302
75,348
122,681
201,201
283,881
451,716
797,865
1,109,324
1,365,021
16,560
23,086
36,396
64,768
111,959
196,546
345,981
774,586
1,348,291
1,982,737
6,664
9,145
14,599
24,104
40,757
65,329
108,507
221,457
358,925
468,862
1,424,200 2,000,362 492,213
PERCENTAGE INCREASE
39.4
57.7
78.0
72.9
75.6
76.0
124.9
74.1
37.2
59.6
65.1
69.1
60.3
66.1
104.1
62.1
7,089
10,000
15,992
29,019
50,494
96,117
167,055
389,289
646,681
1,007,830
963,316
41.1
60.0
81.5
74.0
90.4
73.8
133.0
66.1
2,807
3,941
5,805
11,645
20,708
35,100
70,419
163,840
342,685
506,045
544,833
40.4
47.3
100.6
77.8
69.5
100.6
132.7
109.2
1890 A/
1900 A/
1910 A/
1920 A/
1930 A/
1940
1950
1960
1970
1975
1977
1890-1900
1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1975
1970-1977
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1975
1977
16.3 22.9 5.6 11.1 6.2
A/ DATA FOR UNDER 45 YEARS INCLUDES A SMALL NUMBER FOR WHOM AGE WAS NOT REPORTED.
SOURCE: ALL 1890 THROUGH 1970 DATA FROM THE U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU
OF THE CENSUS, 1960 AND 1970 CENSUS OF POPULATION. 1975 AND 1977 ESTIMATES BY AGE,
RACE, AND SEX FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH,
DIVISION OF POPULATION STUDIES, POPULATION STUDIES, JUNE 1978. BULLETIN 43. OTHER
ESTIMATES DEVELOPED BY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, CENTER FOR GERONTOLOGICAL STUDIES.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
YEAR
391,422
528,542
752,619
968,470
1,468,211
1,897,414
2,771,305
4,951,560
6,789,443
8,485,230
8,717,334
18.6 23.0 47.1 30.6 55.8 47.7
22.2 28.4 48.4 37.1 49.0 59.0
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION
35.0
42.4
28.7
51.6
29.2
46.0
78.7
37.1
25.0
28.3
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
1.00
Population
Population
TABLE 1.10. POPULATION: POPULATION BY AGE GROUP IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF
FLORIDA, CENSUS COUNTS 1950, 1960, 1970, AND ESTIMATES JULY 1, 1977
COUNTY
AND YEAR
FLORIDA
1950
1960
1970
1977
ALACHUA
1950
1960
1970
1977
BAKER
1950
1960
1970
1977
BAY
1950
1960
1970
1977 A/
BRADFORD
1950
1960
1970
1977
BREVARD
1950
1960
1970
1977 A/
BROWARD
1950
1960
1970
1977
CALHOUN
1950
1960
1970
1977
CHARLOTTE
1950
1960
1970
1977
TOTAL UNDER 45 45 TO 59 60 TO 64
POPULATION YEARS YEARS YEARS
2,771,305
4,951,560
6,789,443
8,717,334
57,026
74,074
104,764
133,817
6,313
7,363
9,242
12,689
42,689
67,131
75,283
95,405
11,457
12,446
14,625
16,901
23,653
111,435
230,006
254,404
83,933
333,946
620,100
902,543
7,922
7,422
7,624
8,774
4,286
12,594
27,559
44,313
1,973,608
3,379,109
4,331,828
5,292,772
45,287
57,958
82,388
103,818
4,987
5,550
6,685
8,896
35,281
53,849
55,190
66,526
8,770
9,152
10,429
11,698
15,737
88,074
177,121
163,232
59,043
217,978
359,697
502,929
6,111
5,206
5,040
5,608
2,590
6,326
9,844
14,063
451,716
797,865
1,109,324
1,424,200
6,792
9,423
12,534
16,532
794
1,082
1,341
1,852
4,513
8,350
11,734
15,320
1,509
1,839
2,268
2,815
4,091
13,953
33,943
55,448
15,181
59,237
107,790
151,313
1,009
1,266
1,338
1,359
838
2,509
4,610
6,573
108,507
221,457
358,925
492,213
1,477
2,014
3,258
4,096
159
233
425
676
984
1,526
2,888
4,568
368
407
620
707
1,159
3,052
6,146
11,956
3,376
18,534
41,435
58,817
253
282
411
510
228
1,135
3,444
4,989
65 TO 74 75 YEARS
YEARS AND OVER
167,055
389,289
646,681
963,316
2,426
3,031
4,201
6,132
269
342
501
847
1,383
2,358
3,608
6,552
582
681
873
1,141
1,783
4,343
8,425
15,136
4,620
29,541
79,243
123,990
384
434
532
857
409
2,078
7,125
12,581
70,419
163,840
342,685
544,833
1,044
1,648
2,383
3,239
104
156
290
418
528
1,048
1,863
2,439
228
367
435
540
883
2,013
4,371
8,632
1,713
8,656
31,935
65,494
165
234
303
440
221
546
2,536
6,107
CONTINUED .
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
1.00 Population
TABLE 1.10. POPULATION: POPULATION BY AGE GROUP IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF
FLORIDA, CENSUS COUNTS 1950, 1960, 1970, AND ESTIMATES JULY 1, 1977
(CONTINUED)
TOTAL UNDER 45 45 TO 59 60 TO 64
POPULATION YEARS YEARS YEARS
COUNTY
AND YEAR
CITRUS
1950
1960
1970
1977
CLAY
1950
1960
1970
1977
COLLIER
1950
1960
1970
1977
COLUMBIA
1950
1960
1970
1977
DADE
1950
1960
1970
1977
DE SOTO
1950
1960
1970
1977 A/
DIXIE
1950
1960
1970
1977 A/
DUVAL
1950
1960
1970
1977
ESCAMBIA
1950
1960
1970
1977 A/
6,111
9,268
19,196
38,591
14,323
19,535
32,059
50,279
6,488
15,753
38,040
68,900
18,216
20,077
25,250
29,357
495,084
935,047
1,267,792
1,468,270
9,242
11,683
13,060
17,973
3,928
4,479
5,480
6,953
304,029
455,411
528,865
573,186
112,706
173,829
205,334
229,507
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
4,027
5,351
8,824
15,673
11,372
14,854
24,300
38,014
4,870
10,881
22,930
39,521
13,691
14,376
17,953
20,791
341,827
630,022
802,234
908,164
6,191
7,103
7,970
10,701
2,928
3,243
3,875
4,667
229,985
346,275
386,285
409,150
90,566
138,545
155,224
167,120
1,082
1,735
3,482
6,760
1,366
2,295
4,196
6,718
1,044
2,869
6,955
12,241
2,554
3,185
3,955
4,526
94,129
167,489
228,037
258,192
1,675
2,246
2,215
2,767
599
730
886
1,006
47,000
67,138
83,526
90,348
13,622
22,024
30,158
35,795
65 TO 74 75 YEARS
YEARS AND OVER
300
610
1,898
4,011
318
568
913
1,418
250
712
2,832
5,123
591
774
1,048
1,185
21,373
43,582
64,804
75,708
423
606
835
1,134
125
148
224
359
9,110
13,847
19,554
23,072
2,758
4,267
6,759
9,084
497
1,140
3,620
8,714
765
1,018
1,484
2,385
263
1,013
3,998
8,691
974
1,124
1,494
1,858
27,604
67,994
112,368
135,780
656
1,091
1,229
2,225
203
248
335
647
12,978
19,150
25,842
32,564
4,179
6,050
8,656
11,252
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
205
432
1,372
3,433
502
800
1,166
1,744
61
278
1,325
3,324
406
618
800
997
10,151
25,960
60,349
90,426
297
637
811
1,146
73
110
160
274
4,956
9,001
13,658
18,052
1,581
2,943
4,537
6,256
1.00 Population
TABLE 1.10. POPULATION: POPULATION BY AGE GROUP IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF
FLORIDA, CENSUS COUNTS 1950, 1960, 1970, AND ESTIMATES JULY 1, 1977
(CONTINUED)
COUNTY
AND YEAR
FLAGLER
1950
1960
1970
1977 A/
FRANKLIN
1950
1960
1970
1977
GADSDEN
1950
1960
1970
1977
GILCHRIST
1950
1960
1970
1977
GLADES
1950
1960
1970
1977
GULF
1950
1960
1970
1977
HAMILTON
1950
1960
1970
1977
HARDEE
1950
1960
1970
1977
HENDRY
1950
1960
1970
1977
TOTAL UNDER 45 45 TO 59 60 TO 64
POPULATION YEARS YEARS YEARS
3,367
4,566
4,454
7,860
5,814
6,576
7,065
8,128
36,457
41,989
39,184
37,308
3,499
2,868
3,551
5,743
2,199
2,950
3,669
5,278
7,460
9,937
10,096
11,049
8,981
7,705
7,787
8,676
10,073
12,370
14,889
17,407
6,051
8,119
11,859
16,206
2,385
3,234
2,768
4,436
4,186
4,276
4,488
5,126
26,404
29,500
26,235
24,549
2,660
1,971
2,368
3,593
1,711
2,226
2,562
3,565
6,047
7,728
7,274
7,518
6,855
5,367
5,315
5,945
7,106
8,588
10,421
12,226
4,797
6,071
8,677
11,708
545
716
730
1,279
908
1,072
1,120
1,161
5,677
6,905
6,386
5,645
481
490
609
998
293
456
602
836
906
1,421
1,587
1,804
1,128
1,272
1,173
1,120
1,556
2,048
2,338
2,580
825
1,349
1,854
2,489
137
175
272
549
225
350
372
441
1,363
1,623
1,908
1,893
113
116
178
397
63
88
171
268
162
279
416
529
294
277
361
429
447
464
643
701
149
227
477
643
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
65 TO 74 75 YEARS
YEARS AND OVER
217
324
458
1,139
351
632
657
821
2,118
2,595
2,850
3,130
188
195
246
475
90
126
242
433
248
357
577
795
498
516
566
714
705
862
914
1,226
201
341
604
971
83
117
226
457
144
246
428
579
895
1,366
1,805
2,091
57
96
150
280
42
54
92
176
97
152
242
403
206
273
372
468
259
408
573
674
79
131
247
395
CONTINUED .
Population
TABLE 1.10. POPULATION: POPULATION BY AGE GROUP IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF
FLORIDA, CENSUS COUNTS 1950, 1960, 1970, AND ESTIMATES JULY 1, 1977
(CONTINUED)
COUNTY
AND YEAR
HERNANDO
1950
1960
1970
1977
HIGHLANDS
1950
1960
1970
1977
HILLSBOROUGH
1950
1960
1970
1977
HOLMES
1950
1960
1970
1977 A/
INDIAN RIVER
1950
1960
1970
1977
JACKSON
1950
1960
1970
1977 A/
JEFFERSON
1950
1960
1970
1977
LAFAYETTE
1950
1960
1970
1977 A/
LAKE
1950
1960
1970
1977
TOTAL UNDER 45
POPULATION YEARS
6,693 4,704
11,205 7,279
17,004 9,626
32,229 15,392
13,636 9,518
21,338 13,590
29,507 16,772
41,113 20,500
249,894 178,233
397,788 277,951
490,265 338,696
602,667 412,846
13,988 10,572
10,844 7,025
10,720 6,565
13,914 8,167
11,872 8,455
25,309 16,178
35,992 21,843
49,706 28,251
34,645 26,588
36,208 26,412
34,434 23,394
38,550 24,620
10,413 7,635
9,543 6,813
8,778 5,990
9,583 6,528
3,440 2,566
2,889 1,909
2,892 1,867
3,837 2,381
36,340 24,652
57,383 35,576
69,305 38,796
92,146 45,692
45 TO 59 60 TO 64
YEARS YEARS
1,064 291
1,782 568
2,740 1,181
5,369 2,823
2,156 570
3,465 1,055
4,550 2,079
6,446 3,202
41,740 9,794
64,814 15,898
79,081 21,302
94,487 26,681
1,935 456
1,993 526
1,944 662
2,219 899
1,920 451
4,206 1,396
5,675 2,223
8,225 3,155
4,297 1,058
5,407 1,264
5,469 1,752
6,182 1,981
1,303 354
1,393 311
1,345 387
1,379 408
480 137
506 136
470 166
568 235
6,012 1,611
9,504 3,129
11,098 4,627
14,442 6,975
CONTINUED .
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
65 TO 74 75 YEARS
YEARS AND OVER
465 169
1,138 438
2,343 1,114
6,187 2,458
962 430
2,197 1,031
3,964 2,142
7,224 3,741
14,298 5,829
26,871 12,254
32,587 18,599
44,568 24,085
738 287
845 455
1,025 524
1,775 854
758 288
2,598 931
4,087 2,164
6,580 3,495
1,888 814
2,021 1,104
2,409 1,410
3,682 2,085
761 360
633 393
644 412
751 517
183 74
227 111
247 142
442 211
2,697 1,368
6,318 2,856
9,267 5,517
16,370 8,667
1.00
Population
TABLE 1.10. POPULATION: POPULATION BY AGE GROUP IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF
FLORIDA, CENSUS COUNTS 1950, 1960, 1970, AND ESTIMATES JULY 1, 1977
(CONTINUED)
COUNTY
AND YEAR
LEE
1950
1960
1970
1977
LEON
1950
1960
1970
1977
LEVY
1950
1960
1970
1977
LIBERTY
1950
1960
1970
1977
MADISON
1950
1960
1970
1977
MANATEE
1950
1960
1970
1977
MARION
1950
1960
1970
1977
MARTIN
1950
1960
1970
1977
MONROE
1950
1960
1970
1977
45 TO 59 60 TO 64
YEARS YEARS
4,133 1,116
9,889 3,038
18,383 8,523
28,838 13,851
6,018 1,175
9,748 1,759
12,958 2,946
16,059 3,903
TOTAL UNDER 45
POPULATION YEARS
23,404 15,831
54,539 34,673
105,216 58,543
172,330 90,363
51,590 41,619
74,225 58,843
103,047 81,525
135,219 107,189
10,637 7,628
10,364 6,864
12,756 8,168
15,930 10,008
3,182 2,422
3,138 2,214
3,379 2,327
4,188 2,687
14,197 10,724
14,154 10,157
13,481 9,062
14,254 9,540
34,704 21,908
69,168 37,296
97,115 45,215
129,313 57,186
38,187 27,405
51,616 35,326
69,030 44,783
101,148 62,823
7,807 5,053
16,932 10,261
28,035 15,475
50,341 25,166
29,957 24,536
47,921 37,525
52,586 37,383
55,124 35,758
6,194 1,874
11,686 4,994
14,711 7,858
18,926 10,633
5,961 1,414
8,676 2,150
11,343 3,891
16,666 5,979
1,539 384
3,021 998
4,402 2,174
7,671 4,403
3,182 771
6,315 1,400
8,191 2,516
8,946 3,406
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
65 TO 74 75 YEARS
YEARS AND OVER
1,646 678
5,172 1,767
14,394 5,373
27,642 11,636
1,959 819
2,582 1,293
3,670 1,948
5,367 2,701
702
865
1,076
1,600
158
177
242
433
862 297
880 465
987 602
1,216 806
3,307 1,421
10,818 4,374
18,825 10,506
25,848 16,720
2,374 1,033
3,680 1,784
6,044 2,969
10,816 4,864
595 236
1,964 688
4,190 1,794
9,362 3,739
998 470
1,920 761
3,260 1,236
5,049 1,965
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
1,596
1,768
2,129
2,598
433
519
518
625
1,859
2,139
2,136
2,014
Population
TABLE 1.10. POPULATION: POPULATION BY AGE GROUP IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF
FLORIDA, CENSUS COUNTS 1950, 1960, 1970, AND ESTIMATES JULY 1, 1977
(CONTINUED)
TOTAL UNDER 45 45 TO 59 60 TO 64
POPULATION YEARS YEARS YEARS
COUNTY
AND YEAR
NASSAU
1950
1960
1970
1977 A/
OKALOOSA
1950
1960
1970
1977
OKEECHOBEE
1950
1960
1970
1977
ORANGE
1950
1960
1970
1977
12,811
17,189
20,626
31,100
27,533
61,175
88,187
106,835
3,454
6,424
11,233
18,135
114,950
263,540
344,311
425,261
11,406
19,029
25,267
37,944
114,688
228,106
348,753
505,605
20,529
36,785
75,955
142,264
159,249
374,665
522,329
687,204
123,997
195,139
227,222
279,574
10,022
13,262
15,287
23,110
23,536
53,015
73,123
85,692
2,582
4,904
8,333
12,466
79,126
192,546
242,081
288,998
6,315
10,697
14,297
20,840
77,983
147,160
209,050
288,878
13,651
20,971
32,317
63,025
86,139
187,848
243,885
308,564
91,050
137,336
151,664
179,399
349
448
761
1,001
512
903
1,755
2,641
118
177
415
893
4,841
9,080
13,003
17,863
65 TO 74 75 YEARS
YEARS AND OVER
546
695
992
1,663
813
1,314
1,986
3,031
189
280
649
1,375
8,123
16,493
20,228
27,772
1,635
2,455
3,101
4,651
2,343
5,309
10,308
14,075
496
931
1,579
2,862
19,152
37,266
55,928
73,967
1,944
2,851
3,979
6,052
21,349
40,144
58,053
81,330
3,415
6,062
11,650
21,407
32,339
64,908
85,832
108,382
18,496
30,712
36,374
44,117
5,024
11,891
21,235
31,987
966
2,410
7,967
14,319
10,835
28,747
38,689
50,410
4,418
7,284
10,514
14,300
7,244
20,624
40,345
67,120
1,706
5,146
17,341
32,875
20,235
65,783
93,603
129,567
6,874
13,330
18,007
26,330
CONTINUED .
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
689 1,584
1,143 2,705
1,421 3,102
2,399 5,261
OSCEOLA
1950
1960
1970
1977
PALM BEACH
1950
1960
1970
1977
PASCO
1950
1960
1970
1977 B/
PINELLAS
1950
1960
1970
1977
POLK
1950
1960
1970
1977
259
329
485
675
329
634
1,015
1,396
69
132
257
539
3,708
8,155
13,071
16,661
874
1,633
2,468
3,392
3,088
8,287
20,070
36,290
791
2,196
6,680
10,638
9,701
27,379
60,320
90,281
3,159
6,477
10,663
15,428
Population
TABLE 1.10. POPULATION: POPULATION BY AGE GROUP IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF
FLORIDA, CENSUS COUNTS 1950, 1960, 1970, AND ESTIMATES JULY 1, 1977
(CONTINUED)
COUNTY
AND YEAR
PUTNAM
1950
1960
1970
1977 A/
ST. JOHNS
1950
1960
1970
1977 A/
ST. LUCIE
1950
1960
1970
1977
SANTA ROSA
1950
1960
1970
1977 A/
SARASOTA
1950
1960
1970
1977
SEMINOLE
1950
1960
1970
1977
SUMTER
1950
1960
1970
1977
SUWANNEE
1950
1960
1970
1977 A/
TAYLOR
1950
1960
1970
1977
TOTAL UNDER 45
POPULATION YEARS
23,615 16,856
32,212 23,047
36,290 24,393
44,663 28,342
24,998 17,491
30,034 20,047
30,727 19,474
42,751 26,218
20,180 14,864
39,294 26,936
50,836 32,593
73,644 42,997
18,554 14,601
29,547 23,929
37,741 29,411
50,008 36,855
28,827 18,174
76,895 42,565
120,413 54,648
170,621 69,376
26,883 18,953
54,947 40,742
83,692 59,345
142,245 98,088
11,330 8,285
11,869 7,946
14,839 9,528
21,586 13,107
16,986 12,827
14,961 10,233
15,559 10,232
20,317 12,832
10,416 7,573
13,168 9,757
13,641 9,502
14,410 9,776
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
45 TO 59 60 TO 64
YEARS YEARS
3,659 870
4,842 1,250
5,731 1,790
7,056 2,366
4,264 946
5,265 1,338
5,165 1,726
7,186 2,725
3,265 692
6,426 1,834
8,241 2,597
12,043 4,514
2,179 530
3,338 651
4,991 1,066
7,742 1,671
5,724 1,499
14,802 5,410
20,406 10,910
26,550 15,049
4,503 1,053
7,585 1,920
13,202 3,265
24,123 5,954
1,708 425
2,007 550
2,511 852
3,715 1,440
2,250 582
2,530 595
2,609 836
3,115 1,168
1,659 345
1,929 425
2,139 654
2,253 636
65 TO 74 75 YEARS
YEARS AND OVER
1,534 696
2,012 1,061
2,887 1,489
4,492 2,407
1,586 711
2,239 1,145
2,687 1,675
4,356 2,266
1,006 353
3,028 1,070
5,013 2,392
9,849 4,241
852 392
1,110 519
1,481 792
2,622 1,118
2,483 947
10,284 3,834
23,753 10,696
38,600 21,046
1,666 708
3,318 1,382
5,059 2,821
9,351 4,729
668 244
893 473
1,300 648
2,434 890
966 361
1,028 575
1,139 743
2,166 1,036
626 213
696 361
893 453
1,118 627
CONTINUED .
Population
TABLE 1.10. POPULATION: POPULATION BY AGE GROUP IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF
FLORIDA, CENSUS COUNTS 1950, 1960, 1970, AND ESTIMATES JULY 1, 1977
(CONTINUED)
COUNTY TOTAL UNDER 45 45 TO 59 60 TO 64 65 TO 74 75 YEARS
AND YEAR POPULATION YEARS YEARS YEARS YEARS AND OVER
UNION
1950 8,906 7,059 1,233 221 274 119
1960 6,043 4,444 970 212 289 128
1970 8,112 6,099 1,177 267 342 227
1977 10,204 7,793 1,438 295 400 278
VOLUSIA
1950 74,229 47,424 13,758 3,857 6,248 2,942
1960 125,319 70,278 22,174 8,158 17,333 7,376
1970 169,487 92,567 28,109 11,021 23,211 14,579
1977 219,175 115,561 36,143 14,443 32,396 20,632
WAKULLA
1950 5,258 3,965 737 152 281 123
1960 5,257 3,715 833 230 312 167
1970 6,308 4,336 968 333 436 235
1977 B/ 9,078 6,416 1,341 400 626 295
WALTON
1950 14,725 10,819 2,053 570 881 402
1960 15,576 10,571 2,651 682 1,089 583
1970 16,087 10,145 2,874 962 1,363 743
1977 18,999 11,152 3,284 1,187 2,236 1,140
WASHINGTON
1950 11,888 8,850 1,616 406 728 288
1960 11,249 7,564 1,945 503 798 439
1970 11,453 7,391 1,887 669 955 551
1977 A/ 14,602 8,953 2,231 865 1,708 845
A/ CHANGES EXHIBITED IN NET MIGRATION PATTERNS ARE OF SUCH DEGREE THAT ESTIMATES
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED LESS RELIABLE THAN FOR OTHER COUNTIES.
B/ ESTIMATES INCORPORATE INFORMATION COLLECTED IN SPECIAL CENSUSES TAKEN SINCE
1976. CHANGES IN NET MIGRATION PATTERNS IN PASCO MAKE ITS ESTIMATE LESS RELIABLE
THAN FOR OTHER COUNTIES.
NOTE: THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE NET EFFECT OF MIGRATION ON THE AGE, RACE, AND SEX
COMPONENTS OF A COUNTY'S POPULATION WAS SIMILAR BETWEEN 1970 AND 1977 TO THE CHANGE
OBSERVED BETWEEN 1960 AND 1970 IS IMPLICIT IN THE.METHODOLOGY USED TO COMPUTE THESE
ESTIMATES. THE ACCURACY OF THE ESTIMATES IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DEGREE TO WHICH
THIS ASSUMPTION HOLDS FOR A GIVEN COUNTY.
SOURCE: ALL 1950 THROUGH 1970 DATA FROM THE U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU
OF THE CENSUS, 1960 AND 1970 CENSUS OF POPULATION. 1977 ESTIMATES BY AGE, RACE, AND
SEX FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH, DIVISION
OF POPULATION STUDIES, POPULATION STUDIES, JUNE 1978. BULLETIN 43. OTHER ESTIMATES
DEVELOPED BY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, CENTER FOR GERONTOLOGICAL STUDIES.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 1.15. POPULATION: DISTRIBUTION BY RANK WITH PERCENTAGES AND CUMULATIVE
PERCENTAGES IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, ESTIMATES, JULY 1, 1977
RANK COUNTY
FLORIDA
1 DADE
2 BROWARD
3 PINELLAS
4 HILLSBOROUGH
5 DUVAL
6 PALM BEACH
7 ORANGE
8 POLK
9 BREVARD 1/
10 ESCAMBIA 1/
11 VOLUSIA
12 LEE
13 SARASOTA
14 PASCO 2/
15 SEMINOLE
16 LEON
17 ALACHUA
18 MANATEE
19 OKALOOSA
20 MARION
21 BAY 1/
22 LAKE
23 ST. LUCIE
24 COLLIER
25 MONROE
26 MARTIN
27 CLAY
28 SANTA ROSA 1/
29 INDIAN RIVER
30 PUTNAM 1/
31 CHARLOTTE
32 ST. JOHNS 1/
33 HIGHLANDS
34 CITRUS
35 JACKSON 1/
36 OSCEOLA
37 GADSDEN
38 HERNANDO
POPULATION
8,717,334
1,468,270
902,543
687,204
602,667
573,186
505,605
425,261
279,574
254,404
229,507
219,175
172,330
170,621
142,264
142,245
135,219
133,817
129,313
106,835
101,148
95,405
92,146
73,644
68,900
55,124
50,341
50,279
50,008
49,706
44,663
44,313
42,751
41,113
38,591
38,550
37,944
37,308
32,229
PERCENTAGE
OF STATE
POPULATION
100.00
16.84
10.35
7.88
6.91
6.58
5.80
4.88
3.21
2.92
2.63
2.51
1.98
1.96
1.63
1.63
1.55
1.54
1.48
1.23
1.16
1.09
1.06
0.84
0.79
0.63
0.58
0.58
0.57
0.57
0.51
0.51
0.49
0.47
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.43
0.37
CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE
ASCENDING DESCENDING
100.00
100.00
83.16
72.80
64.92
58.01
51.43
45.63
40.75
37.55
34.63
32.00
29.48
27.50
25.55
23.92
22.28
20.73
19.20
17.71
16.49
15.33
14.23
13.18
12.33
11.54
10.91
10.33
9.75
9.18
8.61
8.10
7.59
7.10
6.63
6.19
5.74
5.31
4.88
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
100.00
16.84
27.20
35.08
41.99
48.57
54.37
59.25
62.45
65.37
68.00
70.52
72.50
74.45
76.09
77.72
79.27
80.80
82.29
83.51
84.67
85.77
86.82
87.67
88.46
89.09
89.67
90.25
90.82
91.39
91.90
92.41
92.90
93.37
93.82
94.26
94.69
95.12
95.49
CONTINUED .
Population
1.00
1.00 Population
TABLE 1.15. POPULATION: DISTRIBUTION BY
PERCENTAGES IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES
(CONTINUED)
RANK
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
COUNTY
NASSAU 1/
COLUMBIA
SUMTER
SUWANNEE 1/
WALTON
OKEECHOBEE
DE SOTO 1/
HARDEE
BRADFORD
HENDRY
LEVY
WASHINGTON 1/
TAYLOR
MADISON
HOLMES 1/
BAKER
GULF
UNION
JEFFERSON
WAKULLA 2/
CALHOUN
HAMILTON
FRANKLIN
FLAGLER 1/
DIXIE 1/
GILCHRIST
GLADES
LIBERTY
LAFAYETTE 1/
POPULATION
31,100
29,357
21,586
20,317
18,999
18,135
17,973
17,407
16,901
16,206
15,930
14,602
14,410
14,254
13,914
12,689
11,049
10,204
9,583
9,078
8,774
8,676
8,128
7,860
6,953
5,743
5,278
4,188
3,837
RANK WITH PERCENTAGES AND CUMULATIVE
OF FLORIDA, ESTIMATES, JULY 1, 1977
PERCENTAGE
OF STATE
POPULATION
0.36
0.34
0.25
0.23
0.22
0.21
0.21
0.20
0.19
0.19
0.18
0.17
0.17
0.16
0.16
0.15
0.13
0.12
0.11
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.09
0.09
0.08
0.07
0.06
0.05
0.04
CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE
ASCENDING DESCENDING
4.51 95.85
4.15 96.18
3.82 96.43
3.57 96.66
3.34 96.88
3.12 97.09
2.91 97.30
2.70 97.50
2.50 97.69
2.31 97.88
2.12 98.06
1.94 98.23
1.77 98.39
1.61 98.56
1.44 98.71
1.29 98.86
1.14 98.99
1.01 99.10
0.90 99.21
0.79 99.32
0.68 99.42
0.58 99.52
0.48 99.61
0.39 99.70
0.30 99.78
0.22 99.85
0.15 99.91
0.09 99.96
0.04 100.00
1/ CHANGES EXHIBITED IN NET MIGRATION PATTERNS ARE OF SUCH DEGREE THAT ESTIMATES
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED LESS RELIABLE THAN FOR OTHER COUNTIES.
2/ ESTIMATES INCORPORATE INFORMATION COLLECTED IN SPECIAL CENSUSES TAKEN SINCE
1970. CHANGES IN NET MIGRATION PATTERNS IN PASCO MAKE ITS ESTIMATE LESS RELIABLE
THAN FOR OTHER COUNTIES.
NOTE: DETAIL MAY NOT ADD TO TOTAL BECAUSE OF ROUNDING. THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE
NET EFFECT OF MIGRATION ON THE AGE, RACE, AND SEX COMPONENTS OF A COUNTY'S POPULA-
TION WAS SIMILAR BETWEEN 1970 AND 1977 TO THE CHANGE OBSERVED BETWEEN 1960 AND 1970
IS IMPLICIT IN THE METHODOLOGY USED TO COMPUTE THESE ESTIMATES. THE ACCURACY OF THE
ESTIMATES IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DEGREE TO WHICH THIS ASSUMPTION HOLDS FOR A
GIVEN COUNTY.
SOURCE: 1977 ESTIMATES BY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS
RESEARCH, DIVISION OF POPULATION STUDIES, POPULATION STUDIES, JUNE 1978. BULLETIN
43. OTHER ESTIMATES DEVELOPED BY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, CENTER FOR GERONTOLOGICAL
STUDIES.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 1.20. POPULATION: TOTAL POPULATION AND POPULATION AGED 60 AND OVER AND AGED 65
COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, CENSUS COUNTS 1970 AND ESTIMATES JULY 1, 1977
TOTAL POPULATION
COUNTY
FLORIDA
ALACHUA
BAKER
BAY I/
BRADFORD
BREVARD 1/
BROWARD
CALHOUN
CHARLOTTE
* CITRUS
CLAY
COLLIER
COLUMBIA
DADE
DE SOTO 1/
DIXIE 1/
DUVAL
ESCAMBIA 1/
FLAGLER 1/
FRANKLIN
GADSDEN
GILCHRIST
GLADES
GULF
HAMILTON
1970 1977
6,789,443 8,717,334
104,764 133,817
9,242 12,689
75,283 95,405
14,625 16,901
230,006 254,404
620,100 902,543
7,624 8,774
27,559 44,313
19,196 38,591
32,059 50,279
38,040 68,900
25,250 29,357
1,267,792 1,468,270
13,060 17,973
5,480 6,953
528,865 573,186
205,334 229,507
4,454 7,860
7,065 8,128
39,184 37,308
3,551 5,743
3,669 5,278
10,096 11,049
7,787 8,676
PER-
CENTAGE
CHANGE
1970-77
28.4
27.7
37.3
26.7
15.6
10.6
45.5
15.1
60.8
101.0
56.8
81.1
16.3
15.8
37.6
26.9
8.4
11.8
76.5
15.0
-4.8
61.7
43.9
9.4
11.4
POPULATION AGED 60 AND OVER
PER-
1970
1,348,291
9,842
1,216
8,359
1,928
18,942
152,613
1,246
13,105
6,890
3,563
8,155
3,342
237,521
2,875
719
59,054
19,952
956
1,457
6,563
574
505
1,235
1,299
1977
2,000,362
13,467
1,941
13,559
2,388
35,724
248,301
1,807
23,677
16,158
5,547
17,138
4,040
301,914
4,505
1,280
73,688
26,592
2,145
1,841
7,114
1,152
877
1,727
1,611
CENTAGE
CHANGE
1970-77
48.4
36.8
59.6
62.2
23.9
88.6
62.7
45.0
80.7
134.5
55.7
110.2
20.9
27.1
56.7
78.0
24.8
33.3
124.4
26.4
8.4
100.7
73.7
39.8
24.0
AND OVER IN THE STATE AND
POPULATION AGED 65 AND OVER
PER-
CENTAGE
1970
989,366
6,584
791
5,471
1,308
12,796
111,178
835
9,661
4,992
2,650
5,323
2,294
172,717
2,040
495
39,500
13,193
684
1,085
4,655
396
334
819
938
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
CHANGE
1977 1970-77
1,508,149 52.4
9,371 42.3
1,265 59.9
8,991 64.3
1,681 28.5
23,768 85.7
189,484 70.4
1,297 55.3
18,688 93.4
12,147 143.3
4,129 55.8
12,015 125.7
2,855 24.5
226,206 31.0
3,371 65.2
921 86.1
50,616 28.1
17,508 32.7
1,596 133.,3
1,400 29.0
5,221 12.2
755 90.7
609 82.3
1,198 46.3
1,182 26.0
CONTINUED .
TABLE 1.20. POPULATION: TOTAL POPULATION AND POPULATION AGED 60 AND OVER AND AGED 65 AND OVER IN THE STATE AND
COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, CENSUS COUNTS 1970 AND ESTIMATES JULY 1, 1977 (CONTINUED)
TOTAL POPULATION
COUNTY 1970 1977
HARDEE 14,889 17,407
HENDRY 11,859 16,206
HERNANDO 17,004 32,229
HIGHLANDS 29,507 41,113
HILLSBOROUGH 490,265 602,667
HOLMES 1/ 10,720 13,914
INDIAN RIVER 35,992 49,706
JACKSON 1/ 34,434 38,550
JEFFERSON 8,778 9,583
LAFAYETTE 1/ 2,892 3,837
Cl1
LAKE 69,305 92,146
LEE 105,216 172,330
LEON 103,047 135,219
LEVY 12,756 15,930
LIBERTY 3,379 4,188
MADISON 13,481 14,254
MANATEE 97,115 129,313
MARION 69,030 101,148
MARTIN 28,035 50,341
MONROE 52,586 55,124
NASSAU 1/ 20,626 31,100
OKALOOSA 88,187 106,835
OKEECHOBEE 11,233 18,135
ORANGE 344,311 425,261
OSCEOLA 25,267 37,944
PALM BEACH 348,753 505,605
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
PER-
CENTAGE
CHANGE
1970-77
16.9
36.7
89.5
39.3
22.9
29.8
38.1
12.0
9.2
32.7
33.0
63.8
31.2
24.9
23.9
5.7
33.2
46.5
79.6
4.8
50.8
21.1
61.4
23.5
50.2
45.0
POPULATION AGED 60 AND OVER
1970
2,130
1,328
4,638
8,185
72,488
2,211
8,474
5,571
1,443
555
19,411
28,290
8,564
2,459
534
2,283
37,189
12,904
8,158
7,012
2,238
4,756
1,321
46,302
6,991
81,650
POPULATION AGED 65 AND OVER
_ ___ __ __~
PER- PER-
CENTAGE CENTAGE
CHANGE CHANGE
1977 1970-77 1970 1977 1970-77
2,601 22.1 1,487 1,900 27.8
2,009 51.3 851 1,366 60.5
11,468 147.3 3,457 8,645 150.1
14,167 73.1 6,106 10,965 79.6
95,334 31.5 51,186 68,653 34.1
3,528 59.6 1,549 2,629 69.7
13,230 56.1 6,251 10,075 61.2
7,748 39.1 3,819 5,767 51.0
1,676 16.1 1,056 1,268 20.1
888 6.0 389 653 67.9
32,012 64.9 14,784 25,037 69.4
53,129 87.8 19,767 39,278 98.7
11,971 39.8 5,618 8,068 43.6
3,324 35.2 1,679 2,354 40.2
876 64.0 370 634 71.4
2,700 18.3 1,589 2,022 27.2
53,201 43.1 29,331 42,568 45.1
21,659 67.8 9,013 15,680 74.0
17,504 114.6 5,984 13,101 118.9
10,420 48.6 4,496 7,014 56.0
3,339 49.2 1,477 2,338 58.3
7,068 48.6 3,001 4,427 47.5
2,807 112.5 906 1,914 111.3
62,296 34.5 33,299 44,433 33.4
11,052 58.1 5,570 8,653 55.4
135,397 65.8 60,415 103,410 71.2
CONTINUED .
TABLE 1.20. POPULATION: TOTAL POPULATION AND POPULATION AGED 60 AND OVER AND AGED 65 AND OVER IN THE STATE AND -
COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, CENSUS COUNTS 1970 AND ESTIMATES JULY 1, 1977 (CONTINUED)
TOTAL POPULATION POPULATION AGED 60 AND OVER POPULATION AGED 65 AND OVER
PER- PER- PER-
CENTAGE CENTAGE CENTAGE
CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE
COUNTY 1970 1977 1970-77 1970 1977 1970-77 1970 1977 1970-77
PASCO 2/ 75,955 142,264 87.3 31,988 57,832 80.8 24,021 43,513 81.1
PINELLAS 522,329 687,204 31.6 192,612 270,258 40.3 153,923 219,848 42.8
POLK 227,222 279,574 23.0 39,184 56,058 43.1 28,670 41,758 45.7
PUTNAM 1/ 36,290 44,663 23.1 6,166 9,265 50.3 4,376 6,899 57.7
ST. JOHNS 1/ 30,727 42,751 39.1 6,088 9,347 53.5 4,362 6,622 51.8
ST. LUCIE 50,836 73,644 44.9 10,002 18,604 86.0 7,405 14,090 90.3
SANTA ROSA 1/ 37,741 50,008 32.5 3,339 5,411 62.1 2,273 3,740 64.5
SARASOTA 120,413 170,621 41.7 45,359 74,695 64.7 34,449 59,646 73.1
SEMINOLE 83,692 142,245 70.0 11,145 20,034 79.8 7,880 14,080 78.7
SUMTER 14,839 21,586 45.5 2,800 4,764 70.1 1,948 3,324 70.6
0)
SUWANNEE 1/ 15,559 20,317 30.6 2,718 4,370 60.8 1,882 3,202 70.1
TAYLOR 13,641 14,410 5.6 2,000 2,381 19.1 1,346 1,745 29.6
UNION 8,112 10,204 25.8 836 973 16.4 569 678 19.2
VOLUSIA 169,487 219,175 29.3 48,811 67,471 38.2 37,790 53,028 40.3
WAKULLA 2/ 6,308 9,078 43.9 1,004 1,321 31.6 671 921 37.3
WALTON 16,087 18,999 18.1 3,068 4,563 48.7 2,106 3,376 60.3
WASHINGTON 1/ 11,453 14,602 27.5 2,175 3,418 57.1 1,506 2,553 69.5
1/ THESE COUNTIES EXHIBITED CHANGES IN NET MIGRATION PATTERNS OF SUCH DEGREE THAT ESTIMATES FOR THEM SHOULD BE CON-
SIDERED LESS RELIABLE THAN THOSE FOR THE OTHER COUNTIES.
2/ DATA INCORPORATE INFORMATION COLLECTED IN SPECIAL CENSUSES SINCE 1970. CHANGES IN NET MIGRATION PATTERNS IN PASCO
MAKE ITS ESTIMATE LESS RELIABLE THAN FOR OTHER COUNTIES.
NOTE: THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE NET EFFECT OF MIGRATION ON THE AGE, RACE, AND SEX COMPONENTS OF A COUNTY'S POPULATION
WAS SIMILAR BETWEEN 1970 AND 1977 TO THE CHANGE OBSERVED BETWEEN 1960 AND 1970 IS IMPLICIT IN THE METHODOLOGY USED TO
COMPUTE THESE ESTIMATES. THE ACCURACY OF THE ESTIMATE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DEGREE TO WHICH THIS ASSUMPTION HOLDS
FOR A GIVEN COUNTY.
SOURCE: ALL 1970 DATA FROM THE U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, 1970 CENSUS OF POPULATION. 1977
ESTIMATES BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH, DIVISION OF POPU- C
LATION STUDIES, POPULATION STUDIES, JUNE 1978. BULLETIN 43. OTHER ESTIMATES DEVELOPED BY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, CENTER
FOR GERONTOLOGICAL STUDIES.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
L I
Population
TABLE 1.25. POPULATION: INCREASE AND ESTIMATED NET MIGRATION IN POPULATION
AGED 65 AND OVER IN FLORIDA, SPECIFIED STATES, AND THE UNITED STATES
CENSUS COUNTS 1960 AND 1970
(NUMBERS ROUNDED TO THOUSANDS)
FLORIDA ARIZONA CALIFORNIA
POPULATION AGED 65 AND OVER
1970
1960
INCREASE, 1960-1970
PERCENTAGE
POPULATION AGED 75 AND OVER
1970
1960
INCREASE, 1960-1970
PERCENTAGE
NET MIGRATION OF POPULATION
AGED 65 AND OVER
ALL CLASSES
AMOUNT
RATE 1/
WHITE
AMOUNT
RATE 1/
BLACK AND OTHER RACES
AMOUNT
RATE 1/
PERCENTAGE AGED 65 AND OVER
OF TOTAL POPULATION, 1970
ALL CLASSES
WHITE
BLACK
PERSONS OF SPANISH
LANGUAGE 2/
PERCENTAGE AGED 75 AND OVER
OF TOTAL POPULATION, 1970
ALL CLASSES
WHITE
BLACK
PERSONS OF SPANISH
LANGUAGE 2/
985
553
432
78.1
338
164
174
106.1
205
29.3
203
31.3
1
1.1
14.5
16.0
6.4
7.5
5.0
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
1,792
1,376
416
30.2
686
465
221
47.5
92
5.9
83
5.6
9
19.0
9.0
9.4
4.9
4.2
3.4
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
UNITED
NEVADA STATES
31 19,972
18 16,560
13 3,412
72.2 20.6
10 7,530
6 5,563
4 1,967
66.7 35.4
(NA) NOT AVAILABLE. A/ LESS THAN 500 OR 0.05 PERCENT.
1/ RATE REPRESENTS NET MIGRATION BETWEEN 1960 AND 1970 OF THE COHORT AGED 55 AND
OVER IN 1960 AND AGED 65 AND OVER IN 1970, AS PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION AGED 55
AND OVER IN 1960.
2/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN STATES INCLUDES PERSONS OF PUERTO RICAN BIRTH AND PARENTAGE
AND PERSONS OF SPANISH SURNAME.
SOURCE: U.S.,DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT POPULATION
REPORTS, SPECIAL STUDIES, SOME DEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF AGING IN THE UNITED STATES,
MAY, 1976.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
CHARACTERISTIC
Population
TABLE 1.30. POPULATION: PERSONS AGED 60 AND OVER AND AGED 65 AND OVER BY SEX
IN FLORIDA, CENSUS COUNTS 1890 THROUGH 1970 AND ESTIMATES, JULY 1, 1977
TOTAL
16,560
23,086
36,396
64,768
111,959
196,546
345,981
774,586
1,348,291
2,000,362
9,896
13,941
21,797
40,664
71,202
131,217
237,474
553,129
989,366
1,508,149
PERCENTAGE
OF TOTAL
MALE FEMALE
SOURCE: ALL 1890 THROUGH 1970 DATA FROM THE U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU
OF THE CENSUS, 1960 AND 1970 CENSUS OF POPULATION. 1977 ESTIMATES BY AGE AND SEX
FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH, DIVISION OF
POPULATION STUDIES, UNPUBLISHED DATA.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
NUMBER OF
FEMALES
TO EVERY
100 MALES
MALE
8,911
12,091
19,596
35,749
59,877
99,858
168,679
370,804
603,784
877,233
5,365
7,289
11,687
22,253
38,086
67,094
115,971
270,453
447,888
665,698
FEMALE
AGED 60 AND OVER
7,649
10,995
16,800
29,019
52,082
96,688
177,302
403,782
744,507
1,123,129
AGED 65 AND OVER
4,531
6,652
10,110
18,411
33,116
64,123
121,503
282,676
541,478
842,451
Population
TABLE 1.35. POPULATION: ESTIMATES AGED 60 AND OVER, BY RACE
AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, JULY 1, 1977
COUNTY
FLORIDA
ALACHUA
BAKER
BAY 1/
BRADFORD
BREVARD 1/
BROWARD
CALHOUN
CHARLOTTE
CITRUS
CLAY
COLLIER
COLUMBIA
DADE
DE SOTO 1/
DIXIE 1/
DUVAL
ESCAMBIA 1/
FLAGLER 17
FRANKLIN
GADSDEN
GILCHRIST
GLADES
GULF
HAMILTON
HARDEE
HENDRY
HERNANDO
HIGHLANDS
HILLSBOROUGH
HOLMES 1/
INDIAN RIVER
JACKSON 1/
JEFFERSON
LAFAYETTE 1/
LAKE
LEE
LEON
LEVY
LIBERTY
MADISON
WHITE
MALE FEMALE
TOTAL
PERCENT-
AGE OF
NUMBER ALL AGES
2,000,362 22.9
13,467 10.1
1,941 15.3
13,559 14.2
2,388 14.1
35,724 14.0
248,301 27.5
1,807 20.6
23,677 53.4
16,158 41.9
5,547 11.0
17,138 24.9
4,040 13.8
301,914 20.6
4,505 25.1
1,280 18.4
73,688 12.9
26,592 11.6
2,145 27.3
1,841 22.7
7,114 19.1
1,152 20.1
877 16.6
1,727 15.6
1,611 18.6
2,601 14.9
2,009 12.4
11,468 35.6
14,167 34.5
95,334 15.8
3,528 25.4
13,230 26.6
7,748 20.1
1,676 17.5
888 23.1
32,012 34.7
53,129 30.8
11,971 8.9
3,324 20.9
876 20.9
2,700 18.9
822,934
4,420
717
5,632
934
15,237
106,560
755
11,138
7,929
2,409
8,292
1,338
117,320
1,803
532
23,305
9,285
931
688
1,594
487
411
641
499
1,151
773
5,568
6,132
36,825
1,566
5,574
2,639
387
393
13,932
24,702
3,562
1,368
379
739
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
1,049,798
5,998
952
6,612
1,094
18,951
134,071
872
12,405
7,903
2,732
8,398
1,681
166,004
2,285
622
34,909
12,532
1,047
903
2,450
613
355
762
639
1,272
802
5,633
7,054
48,808
1,877
6,924
3,438
523
459
16,062
27,270
5,307
1,509
413
978
AND SEX, IN THE STATE
BLACK AND
OTHER RACES
MALE FEMALE
54,299 73,331
1,290 1,759
125 147
563 752
152 208
695 841
3,402 4,268
83 97
83 51
132 194
181 225
261 187
418 603
7,822 10,768
191 226
59 67
6,290 9,184
1,905 -2,870
86 81
96 154
1,255 1,815
20 32
44 67
158 166
197 276
98 80
219 215
121 146
461 520
4,111 5,590
29 56
320 412
651 1,020
310 456
18 18
912 1,106
557 600
1,264 1,838
210 237
30 54
388 595
CONTINUED .
Population
TABLE 1.35. POPULATION: ESTIMATES AGED 60 AND OVER, BY RACE AND
AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, JULY 1, 1977 (CONTINUED)
TOTAL
PERCENT-
AGE OF
NUMBER ALL AGES
COUNTY
MANATEE
MARION
MARTIN
MONROE
NASSAU I/
OKALOOSA
OKEECHOBEE
ORANGE
OSCEOLA
PALM BEACH
PASCO 2/
PINELLAS
POLK
PUTNAM 1/
ST. JOHNS
ST. LUCIE
SANTA ROSA
SARASOTA
SEMINOLE
SUMTER
SUWANNEE 1/
TAYLOR
UNION
VOLUSIA
WAKULLA 2/
WALTON
WASHINGTON
WHITE
MALE FEMALE
28,852
9,841
8,702
5,110
1,461
3,681
1,215
33,237
5,803
71,859
30,926
149,951
28,569
4,255
4,719
8,789
2,819
40,898
9,521
2,050
2,054
1,026
471
36,249
575
2,356
1,690
SEX, IN THE STATE
BLACK AND
OTHER RACES
MALE FEMALE
573 792
1,167 1,406
358 283
166 233
287 358
157 237
109 106
2,290 3,181
170 189
2,793 3,729
230 261
2,744 3,855
2,257 2,624
600 867
439 695
824 885
110 143
354 532
982 1,394
232 300
244 380
214 296
104 89
1,350 2,032
106 107
111 195
121 181
I/ THESE COUNTIES EXHIBITED CHANGES IN NET MIGRATION PATTERNS
ESTIMATES FOR THEM SHOULD BE CONSIDERED LESS RELIABLE THAN THOSE
COUNTIES.
OF SUCH DEGREE THAT
FOR THE OTHER
2/ DATA INCORPORATE INFORMATION COLLECTED IN SPECIAL CENSUSES SINCE 1970.
CHANGES IN NET MIGRATION PATTERNS IN PASCO MAKE ITS ESTIMATE LESS RELIABLE THAN FOR
OTHER COUNTIES.
NOTE: THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE NET EFFECT OF MIGRATION ON THE AGE, RACE, AND SEX
COMPONENTS OF A COUNTY'S POPULATION WAS SIMILAR BETWEEN 1970 AND 1977 TO THE CHANGE
OBSERVED BETWEEN 1960 AND 1970 IS IMPLICIT IN THE METHODOLOGY USED TO COMPUTE THESE
ESTIMATES. THE ACCURACY OF THE ESTIMATES IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DEGREE TO WHICH
THIS ASSUMPTION HOLDS FOR A GIVEN COUNTY.
SOURCE: 1977 ESTIMATES BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BUREAU
OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH, DIVISION OF POPULATION STUDIES, UNPUBLISHED DATA.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
53,201
21,659
17,504
10,420
3,339
7,068
2,807
62,296
11,052
135,397
57,832
270,258
56,058
9,265
l/ 9,347
18,604
1/ 5,411
74,695
20,034
4,764
4,370
2,381
973
67,471
1,321
4,563
1/ 3,418
22,984
9,245
8,161
4,911
1,233
2,993
1,377
23,588
4,890
57,016
26,415
113,708
22,608
3,543
3,494
8,106
2,339
32,911
8,137
2,182
1,692
845
309
27,840
533
1,901
1,426
Population
TABLE 1.40. POPULATION: ESTIMATES AGED 65 AND OVER, BY RACE AND
AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, JULY 1, 1977
TOTAL
PERCENT-
COUNTY
FLORIDA
ALACHUA
BAKER
BAY 1/
BRADFORD
BREVARD 1/
BROWARD
CALHOUN
CHARLOTTE
CITRUS
CLAY
COLLIER
COLUMBIA
DADE
DE SOTO 1/
DIXIE 1/
DUVAL
ESCAMBIA 1/
FLAGLER 1/
FRANKLIN
GADSDEN
GILCHRIST
GLADES
GULF
HAMILTON
HARDEE
HENDRY
HERNANDO
HIGHLANDS
HILLSBOROUGH
HOLMES 1/
INDIAN RIVER
JACKSON 1/
JEFFERSON
LAFAYETTE I/
LAKE
LEE
LEON
LEVY
LIBERTY
MADISON
NUMBER
1,508,149
9,371
1,265
8,991
1,681
23,768
189,484
1,297
18,688
12,147
4,129
12,015
2,855
226,206
3,371
921
50,616
17,508
1,596
1,400
5,221
755
609
1,198
1,182
1,900
1,366
8,645
10,965
68,653
2,629
10,075
5,767
1,268
653
25,037
39,278
8,068
2,354
634
2,022
WHITE
MALE FEMALE
AGE OF
ALL AGES
17.3
7.0
10.0
9.4
9.9
9.3
21.0
14.8
42.2
31.5
8.2
17.4
9.7
15.4
18.8
13.2
8.8
7.6
20.3
17.2
14.0
13.1
11.5
10.8
13.6
10.9
8.4
26.8
26.7
11.4
18.9
.20.3
15.0
13.2
17.0
27.2
22.8
6.0
14.8
15.1
14.2
627,959
2,874
444
3,766
629
9,626
83,254
541
9,160
6,172
1,786
5,968
870
87,206
1,389
396
14,996
5,810
724
520
1,139
325
306
442
354
805
511
4,358
4,933
26,142
1,183
4,316
1,922
291
295
11,210
18,773
2,291
973
268
556
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
790,234
4,227
635
4,316
796
13,090
101,193
627
9,447
5,738
2,051
5,713
1,228
126,413
1,692
439
24,615
8,352
753
693
1,847
392
227
517
472
969
537
4,104
5,366
35,460
1,376
5,236
2,561
393
333
12,427
19,679
3,667
1,047
305
730
SEX, IN THE STATE
BLACK AND
OTHER RACES
MALE FEMALE
37,739 52,217
939 1,331
80 106
395 514
104 152
471 581
2,249 2,788
61 68
53 '28
103 134
133 159
193 141
304 453
5,171 7,416
129 161
39 47
4,353 6,652
1,298 2,048
60 59
68 119
867 1,368
13 25
30 46
120 119
147 209
57 69
162 156
82 101
323 343
2,952 4,099
21 49
235 288
498 786
222 362
14 11
615 785
387 439
795 1,315
160 174
23 38
286 450
CONTINUED .
Population
TABLE 1.40. POPULATION: ESTIMATES AGED 65 AND OVER, BY RACE AND
AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, JULY 1, 1977 (CONTINUED)
TOTAL
PERCENT-
AGE OF
COUNTY NUMBER ALL AGES
MANATEE 42,568 32.9
MARION 15,680 15.5
MARTIN 13,101 26.0
MONROE 7,014 12.7
NASSAU 1/ 2,338 7.5
OKALOOSA 4,427 4.1
OKEECHOBEE 1,914 10.6
ORANGE 44,433 10.4
OSCEOLA 8,653 22.8
PALM BEACH 103,410 20.5
PASCO 2/ 43,513 30.6
PINELLAS 219,848 32.0
POLK 41,758 14.9
PUTNAM 1/ 6,899 15.4
ST. JOHNS 1/ 6,622 15.5
ST. LUCIE 14,090 19.1
SANTA ROSA 1/ 3,740 7.5
SARASOTA 59,646 35.0
SEMINOLE 14,080 9.9
SUMTER 3,324 15.4
SUWANNEE 1/ 3,202 15.8
TAYLOR 1,745 12.1
UNION 678 6.6
VOLUSIA 53,028 24.2
WAKULLA 2/ 921 10.1
WALTON 3,376 17.8
WASHINGTON 1/ 2,553 17.5
WHITE
MALE FEMALE
18,935
6,813
6,350
3,311
770
1,711
945
16,368
3,973
44,707
20,825
94,145
16,887
2,672
2,464
6,411
1,565
27,107
5,696
1,578
1,256
611
199
22,290
364
1,413
1,069
22,690
6,968
6,290
3,449
1,102
2,436
824
24,380
4,453
54,409
22,363
120,957
21,444
3,110
3,278
6,485
1,976
31,908
6,564
1,372
1,487
738
355
28,162
387
1,731
1,253
SEX, IN THE STATE
BLACK AND
OTHER RACES
MALE FEMALE
377 566
856 1,043
249 212
109 145
206 260
107 173
70 75
1,580 2,105
93 134
1,883 2,411
156 169
1,985 2,761
1,581 1,846
459 658
333 547
534 660
88 111
235 396
753 1,067
164 210
179 280
169 227
68 56
1,036 1,540
83 87
79 153
95 136
1/ THESE COUNTIES EXHIBITED CHANGES IN NET MIGRATION PATTERNS OF SUCH DEGREE THAT
ESTIMATES FOR THEM SHOULD BE CONSIDERED LESS RELIABLE THAN THOSE FOR THE OTHER
COUNTIES.
2/ DATA INCORPORATE INFORMATION COLLECTED IN SPECIAL CENSUSES SINCE 1970.
CHANGES IN NET MIGRATION PATTERNS IN PASCO MAKE ITS ESTIMATE LESS RELIABLE THAN FOR
OTHER COUNTIES.
NOTE: THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE NET EFFECT OF MIGRATION ON THE AGE, RACE, AND SEX
COMPONENTS OF A COUNTY'S POPULATION WAS SIMILAR BETWEEN 1970 AND 1977 TO THE CHANGE
OBSERVED BETWEEN 1960 AND 1970 IS IMPLICIT IN THE METHODOLOGY USED TO COMPUTE THESE
ESTIMATES. THE ACCURACY OF THE ESTIMATE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DEGREE TO WHICH
THIS ASSUMPTION HOLDS FOR A GIVEN COUNTY.
SOURCE: 1977 ESTIMATES BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BUREAU
OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH, DIVISION OF POPULATION STUDIES, POPULATION
STUDIES, JUNE 1978. BULLETIN 43. OTHER ESTIMATES DEVELOPED BY UNIVERSITY OF
FLORIDA, CENTER FOR GERONTOLOGICAL STUDIES.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
Population
TABLE 1.46. POPULATION: ESTIMATES AGED 60 AND OVER BY RACE AND SEX IN THE STATE
AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES (HRS) DISTRICTS OF
FLORIDA, JULY 1, 1977
DISTRICTS
FLORIDA
DISTRICT 1 A/
DISTRICT 2 B/
DISTRICT 3 C/
DISTRICT 4 D/
DISTRICT 5 E/
DISTRICT 6 F/
DISTRICT 7 G/
DISTRICT 8 H/
DISTRICT 9 I/
DISTRICT 10 J/
DISTRICT 11 K/
TOTAL
2,000,362
43,634
61,667
128,819
163,478
328,090
148,535
129,106
248,856
187,542
248,301
312,334
PERCENTAGE
OF ALL AGES
IN THE--
HRS
DIS-
STATE TRICTS
22.9 (X)
0.5 10.8
0.7 14.9
1.5 22.1
1.9 17.4
3.8 39.6
1.7 20.3
1.5 15.0
2.9 29.8
2.2 26.9
2.8 27.5
3.6 20.5
WHITE
MALE FEMALE
822,934
16,518
21,386
54,371
59,929
140,123
59,809
51,852
109,921
80,234
106,560
122,231
1,049,798
21,388
27,426
60,884
82,069
180,877
77,660
67,512
129,308
97,489
134,071
171,114
(X) NOT APPLICABLE.
A/ INCLUDES ESCAMBIA, OKALOOSA, SANTA ROSA, AND WALTON COUNTIES.
B/ INCLUDES BAY, CALHOUN, FRANKLIN, GADSDEN, GULF, HOLMES, JACKSON, JEFFERSON,
LEON, LIBERTY, MADISON, TAYLOR, WAKULLA, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
C/ INCLUDES ALACHUA, BRADFORD, CITRUS, COLUMBIA, DIXIE, GILCHRIST, HAMILTON, HER-
NANDO, LAFAYETTE, LAKE, LEVY, MARION, PUTNAM, SUMTER, SUWANNEE, AND UNION COUNTIES.
D/ INCLUDES BAKER, CLAY, DUVAL, FLAGLER, NASSAU, ST. JOHNS, AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES.
E/ INCLUDES PASCO AND PINELLAS COUNTIES.
F/ INCLUDES HILLSBOROUGH AND MANATEE COUNTIES.
G/ INCLUDES BREVARD, ORANGE, OSCEOLA, AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES.
H/ INCLUDES CHARLOTTE, COLLIER, DE SOTO, GLADES, HARDEE, HENRY, HIGHLANDS, LEE,
POLK, AND SARASOTA COUNTIES.
I/ INCLUDES INDIAN RIVER, MARTIN, OKEECHOBEE, PALM BEACH, AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES.
J/ BROWARD COUNTY ONLY.
K/ INCLUDES DADE AND MONROE COUNTIES.
NOTE: THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE NET EFFECT OF MIGRATION ON THE AGE, RACE, AND SEX
COMPONENTS OF A COUNTY'S POPULATION WAS SIMILAR BETWEEN 1970 AND 1977 TO THE CHANGE
OBSERVED BETWEEN 1960 AND 1970 IS IMPLICIT IN THE METHODOLOGY USED TO COMPUTE THESE
ESTIMATES. THE ACCURACY OF THE ESTIMATES IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DEGREE TO WHICH
THIS ASSUMPTION HOLDS FOR A GIVEN COUNTY.
SOURCE: 1977 ESTIMATES BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BUREAU
OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH, DIVISION OF POPULATION STUDIES, UNPUBLISHED DATA.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
BLACK AND
OTHER RACES
MALE FEMALE
54,299
2,283
5,268
5,876
8,758
2,974
4,684
4,137
4,525
4,404
3,402
7,988
73,331
3,445
7,587
7,688
12,722
4,116
6,382
5,605
5,102
5,415
4,268
11,001
TABLE 1.47. POPULATION: PROJECTIONS OF THE POPULATION AGED 60 AND OVER IN THE UNITED STATES, SPECIFIED YEARS 1980
THROUGH 2020
60 YEARS AND OVER
INCREASE IN
PRECEDING DECADE
PER-
CENT-
NUMBER AMOUNT AGE
34,267 5,516 19.2
39,127 4,860 14.2
40,589 1,462 3.7
48,012 7,423 18.3
60,664 12,652 26.4
(NUMBERS ROUNDED TO THOUSANDS)
65 YEARS AND OVER 75 YEARS AND OVER
INCREASE IN INCREASE IN
PRECEDING DECADE PRECEDING DECADE
PER- PER-
CENT- CENT-
NUMBER AMOUNT AGE NUMBER AMOUNT AGE
24,523 4,438 22.1 9,112 1,514 19.9
28,933 4,410 18.0 11,402 2,290 25.1
30,600 1,667 5.8 13,521 2,119 18.6
33,239 2,640 8.6 13,893 372 2.7
42,791 9,552 28.7 15,381 1,488 10.7
85 YEARS AND OVER
INCREASE IN
PRECEDING DECADE
PER-
CENT-
NUMBER AMOUNT AGE
2,071 639 44.6
2,487 416 20.1
3,217 730 29.4
3,841 624 19.4
3,826 -15 -0.4
SOURCE: U.S.,DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT POPULATION REPORTS, SPECIAL STUDIES, DEMOGRAPHIC
ASPECTS OF AGING AND THE OLDER POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, MAY 1976.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 1.48. POPULATION: LOW, MEDIUM, AND HIGH MIDYEAR PROJECTIONS AGED 60 AND OVER BY AGE GROUP AND BY SEX IN FLORIDA I .
SPECIFIED YEARS 1980 THROUGH 2020
1980 199(
PER-
CENTAGE
OF ALL
POPULATION AGES POPULATION
2000
PER- PER-
CENTAGE CENTAGE
OF ALL OF ALL
AGES POPULATION AGES
LOW
2010
PER-
CENTAGE
OF ALL
POPULATION AGES
2020
PER-
CENTAGE
OF ALL
POPULATION AGES
FLORIDA, ALL AGES
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS
80 TO 84 YEARS
85 YEARS AND OVER
MALE, ALL AGES
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS
80 TO 84 YEARS
85 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE, ALL AGES
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS
80 TO 84 YEARS
85 YEARS AND OVER
9,041,000
493,700
510,300
481,200
352,800
206,500
148,800
4,280,900
210,100
216,600
206,600
149,900
85,700
58,700
4,760,100
283,500
293,700
274,600
202,900
120,700
90,100
100.0
5.5
5.6
5.3
3.9
2.3
1.6
47.3
2.3
2.4
2.3
1.7
0.9
0.6
52.7
3.1
3.2
3.0
2.2
1.3
1.0
10,506,300
515,400
543,100
538,900
445,200
296,100
247,700
4,928,200
220,400
228,400
220,300
172,100
107,500
86,500
5,578,200
295,000
314,700
318,600
273,100
188,500
161,100
100.0
4.9
5.2
5.1
4.2
2.8
2.4
46.9
2.1
2.2
2.1
1.6
1.0
0.8
53.1
2.8
3.0
3.0
2.6
1.8
1.5
11,743,600
529,900
542,700
547,600
478,900
341,900
296,400
5,517,200
228,400
228,100
222,900
183,600
119,200
92,000
6,226,400
301,500
314,600
324,700
295,400
222,700
204,400
100.0
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.1
2.9
2.5
47.0
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.6
1.0
0.8
53.0
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.5
1.9
1.7
12,600,060
665,021
578,381
525,818
461,847
346,067
326,575.
5,937,240
288,200
242,460
213,097
175,568
119,766
97,934
6,662,816
376,821
335,921
312,721
286,279
226,302
228,641
100.0
5.3
4.6
4.2
3.7
2.7
2.6
47.1
2.3
1.9
1.7
1.4
1.0
0.8
52.9
3.0
2.7
2.5
2.3
1.8
1.8
13,326,300
834,200
745,100
625,200
472,000
327,700
322,700
6,293,600
369,000
315,200
252,300
177,500
112,400
95,000
7,032,700
465,200
429,900
372,900
294,500
215,300
227,800
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
AGE AND
SEX
100.0
6.3
5.6
4.7
3.5
2.5
2.4
47.2
2.8
2.4
1.9
1.3
0.8
0.7
52.8
3.5
3.2
2.8
2.2
1.6
1.7
0
TABLE 1.48. POPULATION: LOW, MEDIUM, AND HIGH MIDYEAR PROJECTIONS AGED 60 AND OVER BY AGE GROUP AND
SPECIFIED YEARS 1980 THROUGH 2020 (CONTINUED)
BY SEX IN FLORIDA
1980
PER-
CENTAGE
OF ALL
POPULATION AGES
1990
PER-
CENTAGE
OF ALL
POPULATION AGES
2000 2010
PER-
CENTAGE
OF ALL
POPULATION AGES POPULATION
MEDIUM
CEN
OF
2020
PER- PER-
ITAGE CENTAGE
ALL OF ALL
AGES POPULATION AGES
FLORIDA, ALL AGES
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS
80 TO 84 YEARS
85 YEARS AND OVER
01
MALE, ALL AGES
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS
80 TO 84 YEARS
85 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE, ALL AGES
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS
80 TO 84 YEARS
85 YEARS AND OVER
9,431,500
522,700
548,400
521,000
371,700
211,500
151,300
4,459,900
221,300
234,200
225,400
158,500
88,000
59,900
4,971,600
301,300
314,200
295,500
213,200
123,500
91,400
100.0
5.5
5.8
5.5
3.9
2.2
1.6
47.3
2.3
2.5
2.4
1.7
0.9
0.6
52.7
3.2
3.3
3.1
2.3
1.3
1.0
11,722,500
607,000
665,800
673,100
540,500
340,000
270,600
5,480,100
257,100
282,700
281,100
213,400
125,500
96,000
6,242,300
350,000
383,100
392,000
327,100
214,500
174,600
100.0
5.2
5.7
5.7
4.6
2.9
2.3
46.7
2.2
2.4
2.4
1.8
1.1
0.8
53.3
3.0
3.3
3.3
2.8
1.8
1.5
13,571,600
638,100
696,000
731,200
639,600
441,100
356,500
6,339,300
272,400
293,100
302,000
251,100
158,300
114,000
7,232,300
365,800
402,900
429,200
388,500
282,800
242,500
100.0
4.7
5.1
5.4
4.7
3.3
2.6
46.7
2.0
2.2
2.2
1.9
1.2
0.8
53.3
2.7
3.0
3.2
2.9
2.1
1.8
15,271,090
845,113
774,755
747,912
668,085
485,647
434,762
7,139,477
361,563
326,386
309,919
260,410
172,391
135,683
8,131,607
483,550
448,369
437,993
407,675
313,256
299,079
100.0
5.5
5.1
4.9
4.4
3.2
2.8
46.8
2.4
2.1
2.0
1.7
1.1
0.9
53.2
3.2
2.9
2.9
2.7
2.1
2.0
16,994,000
1,088,500
1,031,100
916,400
701,700
485,700
464,200
7,951,800
473,600
435,900
376,300
270,900
172,000
142,100
9,042,200
614,900
595,200
540,100
430,800
313,700
322,200
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
AGE AND
SEX
100.0
6.4
6.1
5.4
4.1
2.9
2.7
46.8
2.8
2.6
2.2
1.6
1.0
0.8
53.2
3.6
3.5
3.2
2.5
1.8
1.9
TABLE 1.48. POPULATION: LOW, MEDIUM, AND HIGH MIDYEAR PROJECTIONS AGED 60 AND OVER BY AGE GROUP AND
SPECIFIED YEARS 1980 THROUGH 2020 (CONTINUED)
AGE AND
SEX
FLORIDA, ALL AGES
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS
80 TO 84 YEARS
85 YEARS AND OVER
, MALE, ALL AGES
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS'
75 TO 79 YEARS
80 TO 84 YEARS
85 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE, ALL AGES
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS
80 TO 84 YEARS
85 YEARS AND OVER
1980 1990 2000
PER- PER- PER-
CENTAGE CENTAGE CENTAGE
OF ALL OF ALL OF ALL
POPULATION AGES POPULATION AGES POPULATION AGES
HIGH
9,853,000
540,500
569,900
543,700
384,300
215,600
153,100
4,655,400
228,200
243,800
236,000
164,300
89,800
60,700
5,197,600
312,200
326,100
307,700
220,000
125,700
92,400
100.0
5.5
5.8
5.5
3.9
2.2
1.6
47.2
2.3
2.5
2.4
1.7
0.9
0.6
52.8
3.2
3.3
3.1
2.2
1.3
0.9
12,929,100
666,500
731,500
739,900
587,700
362,700
283,300
6,038,600
281,300
311,500
311,000
233,600
134,700
101,100
6,890,600
385,200
420,000
428,900
354,100
228,100
182,200
100.0
5.2
5.7
5.7
4.5
2.8
2.2
46.7
2.2
2.4
2.4
1.8
1.0
0.8
53.3
3.0
3.2
3.3
2.7
1.8
1.4
15,727,600
738,500
806,800
848,800
733,200
493,600
387,900
7,336,400
313,700
340,000
352,900
290,500
178,900
125,500
8,391,100
424,700
466,800
495,900
442,700
314,700
262,400
100.0
4.7
5.1
5.4
4.7
3.1
2.5
46.6
2.0
2.2
2.2
1.8
1.1
0.8
53.4
2.7
3.0
3.2
2.8
2.0
1.7
BY SEX IN FLORIDA
2010 2020
PER- PER-
CENTAGE CENTAGE
OF ALL OF ALL
POPULATION AGES POPULATION AGES
17,986,080
986,001
893,976
856,685
767,636
560,986
491,927
8,392,826
420,677
375,089
353,233
298,936
200,241
155,185
9,593,277
565,324
518,887
503,452
468,700
360,745
336,742
100.0
5.5
5.0
4.8
4.3
3.1
2.7
46.7
2.3
2.1
2.0
1.7
1.1
0.9
53.3
3.1
2.9
2.8
2.6
2.0
1.9
20,120,600
1,307,000
1,224,000
1,077,600
816,900
559,300
533,800
9,396,300
565,100
515,700
442,300
314,900
197,200
163,900
10,724,400
741,900
708,300
635,300
502,000
362,000
369,900
100.0
6.5
6.1
5.4
4.1
2.8
2.7
46.7
2.8
2.6
2.2
1.6
1.0
0.8
53.3
3.7
3.5
3.2
2.5
1.8
1.8
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH, DIVISION OF POPULATION STUDIES, PROJECTIONS
OF FLORIDA POPULATION BY AGE AND SEX, 1980-2020, SEPTEMBER 1977, AND UNPUBLISHED DATA.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
_____~ __
Population
TABLE 1.50. POPULATION: PERSONS AGED 60 AND OVER BY MARITAL STATUS, BY RACE
AND BY SEX IN FLORIDA, CENSUS COUNTS 1970 AND ESTIMATES JULY 1, 1977
MARRIED
AGE, RACE SPOUSE SPOUSE DI-
AND SEX TOTAL PRESENT ABSENT WIDOWED SINGLE VORCED
NUMBER IN 1970
60 TO 64 YEARS 362,318 263,393 13,061 53,851 14,922 17,091
65 TO 74 YEARS 642,311 424,929 18,382 150,940 25,620 22,440
75 TO 84 YEARS 290,171 140,221 9,596 118,281 13,944 8,129
85 YEARS AND OVER 57,062 16,227 2,156 33,633 3,847 1,199
WHITE 1,246,551 800,400 33,658 316,090 52,136 44,267
BLACK AND OTHER RACES 102,405 42,824 9,400 39,824 5,936 4,421
MALE 603,557 472,504 23,061 64,942 23,841 19,209
FEMALE 748,305 372,266 20,134 291,763 34,492 29,650
PERCENTAGE IN 1970
60 TO 64 YEARS 100.0 72.7 3.6 14.9 4.1 4.7
65 TO 74 YEARS 100.0 66.2 2.9 23.5 4.0 3.5
75 TO 84 YEARS 100.0 48.3 3.3 40.8 4.8 2.8
85 YEARS AND OVER 100.0 28.4 3.8 58.9 6.7 2.1
WHITE 100.0 64.2 2.7 25.4 4.2 3.6
BLACK AND OTHER RACES 100.0 41.8 9.2 38.9 5.8 4.3
MALE 100.0 78.3 3.8 10.8 4.0 3.2
FEMALE 100.0 49.7 2.7 39.0 4.6 4.0
NUMBER IN 1977
60 TO 64 YEARS 492,213 361,776 18,212 64,972 20,181 27,072
65 TO 74 YEARS 963,316 641,568 26,973 218,673 36,606 39,496
75 TO 84 YEARS 449,820 225,360 15,294 173,630 20,242 15,294
85 YEARS AND OVER 95,013 30,974 3,801 50,832 6,746 2,660
WHITE 1,872,732 1,174,203 59,927 483,165 76,782 78,655
BLACK AND OTHER RACES 1/ 127,630 53,349 11,742 49,648 7,403 5,488
MALE 877,233 694,769 33,335 83,337 34,212 31,580
FEMALE 1,123,129 560,442 30,324 425,666 50,541 56,156
PERCENTAGE IN 1977
60 TO 64 YEARS 100.0 73.5 3.7 13.2 4.1 5.5
65 TO 74 YEARS 100.0 66.6 2.8 22.7 3.8 4.1
75 TO 84 YEARS 100.0 50.1 3.4 38.6 4.5 3.4
85 YEARS AND OVER 100.0 32.6 4.0 53.5 7.1 2.8
WHITE 100.0 62.7 3.2 25.8 4.1 4.2
BLACK AND OTHER RACES 1/ 100.0 41.8 9.2 38.9 5.8 4.3
MALE 100.0 79.2 3.8 9.5 3.9 3.6
FEMALE 100.0 49.9 2.7 37.9 4.5 5.0
1/ 1970 RATE FOR BLACK AND OTHER RACES WAS APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE 1977 POPULA-
TION ESTIMATES.
SOURCE: 1970 DATA FROM THE U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS,
1970 CENSUS OF POPULATION. 1977 ESTIMATES OF POPULATION BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH, DIVISION OF
POPULATION STUDIES, UNPUBLISHED DATA. 1977 ESTIMATES OF MARITAL STATUS DEVELOPED BY
THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, CENTER FOR GERONTOLOGICAL STUDIES.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
Population
TABLE 1.55. POPULATION: ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION AGED 55 AND OVER BY MARITAL
STATUS, BY RACE, AND BY SEX IN SPECIFIED STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL
AREAS (SMSAS) IN FLORIDA, 1977
AREA, RACE, SEX
AND AGE GROUP
FT. LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD SMSA
TOTAL 3
MALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
BLACK
MALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
JACKSONVILLE SMSA
TOTAL
MALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
BLACK
MALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
MIAMI SMSA
TOTAL
MALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
MARRIED
SPOUSE SPOUSE DI-
TOTAL PRESENT ABSENT. WIDOWED SINGLE VORCED
[00,825
132,470
46,967
55,849
29,654
168,355
64,374
68,141
35,840
10,883
4,712
2,463
1,503
746
6,171
3,383
1,904
884
128,330
54,463
28,898
17,482
8,083
73,867
34,462
24,333
15,072
24,066
9,967
4,862
3,432
1,673
14,099
6,375
4,773
2,951
385,474
162,933
70,556
55,779
36,598
222,541
88,712
80,001
53,828
215,555
114,727
41,801
49,203
23,723
100,828
46,607
41,498
12,723
5,533
3,031
1,495
1,226
310
2,502
1,658
621
223
73,739
41,128
23,061
13,444
4,623
32,611
20,091
10,561
1,959
10,996
6,121
3,194
2,413
514
4,875
2,639
1,900
336
226,563
124,148
56,515
43,954
23,679
102,415
52,784
37,520
12,111
9,131
3,975
1,503
782
1,690
5,156
2,704
1,090
1,362
1,865
893
559
117
217
972
592
240
140
5,165
2,587
1,503
769
315
2,578
1,792
560
226
2,763
1,381
681
590
110
1,382
765
310
307
16,839
7,918
3,316
2,845
1,757
8,921
5,766
2,240
915
54,748
7,761
986
3,128
3,647
46,987
8,819
19,352
18,816
1,910
234
106
128
0
1,676
562
941
173
34,910
4,771
1,156
1,643
1,972
30,139
8,030
10,926
11,183
7,008
1,076
408
72
596
5,932
1,549
2,320
2,063
93,662
13,172
1,693
3,793
7,686
80,490
14,726
30,560
35,204
SEE FOOTNOTE AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
9,713
2,213
658
1,229
326
7,500
1,996
3,748
1,756
576
245
62
0
183
331
91
0
240
6,464
2,676
1,387
489
800
3,788
1,516
1,217
1,055
2,024
801
316
137
348
1,223
848
224
151
11,680
3,795
2,020
1,508
267
7,885
4,249
2,453
1,183
1,003
312
241
35
36
691
477
105
109
8,052
3,300
1,792
1,136
372
4,752
3,033
1,071
648
1,279
587
263
220
104
692
574
24
94
22,589 25,847
9,791 7,940
4,939 4,092
2,510 2,677
2,342 1,171
12,798 17,907
5,944 9,403
3,840 5,920
3,014 2,584
CONTINUED .
Population
TABLE 1.55. POPULATION: ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION AGED 55 AND OVER BY MARITAL
STATUS, BY RACE, AND BY SEX IN SPECIFIED STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL
AREAS (SMSAS) IN FLORIDA, 1977 (CONTINUED)
AREA, RACE, SEX
AND AGE GROUP
MIAMI SMSA (CONTINUED)
BLACK
MALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
ORLANDO SMSA
TOTAL
MALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
BLACK
MALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG SMSA
TOTAL
MALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
BLACK
MALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
MARRIED
SPOUSE SPOUSE
TOTAL PRESENT ABSENT
26,215
11,226
6,055
3,558
1,613
14,989
7,573
4,879
2,537
125,080
55,014
26,551
18,707
9,756
70,066
31,363
23,677
15,026
10,861
4,609
2,183
1,720
706
6,252
2,946
2,150
1,156
501,890
217,939
71,734
92,668
53,537
283,951
98,142
114,342
71,467
21,616
9,138
4,045
3,400
1,693
12,478
5,449
4,571
2,458
12,404
7,046
4,335
2,014
697
5,358
3,537
1,552
269
77,679
43,518
22,914
14,292
6,312
34,161
21,578
9,352
3,231
3,475
2,134
1,332
774
28
1,341
993
348
0
328,168
176,302
58,965
77,934
39,403
151,866
64,479
64,946
22,441
8,406
4,940
2,310
1,758
872
3,466
1,902
1,166
398
2,574
1,108
878
78
152
1,466
1,053
327
86
3,858
2,268
770
786
712
1,590
721
734
135
940
574
336
129
109
366
136
148
82
13,685
6,907
2,224
2,595
2,088
6,778
3,533
1,601
1,644
2,197
1,005
417
520
68
1,192
834
142
216
DI-
WIDOWED SINGLE VORCED
7,710
1,657
272
801
584
6,053
1,825
2,488
1,740
30,478
3,290
372
1,347
1,571
27,188
5,457
11,318
10,413
4,655
698
192
177
329
3,957
1,455
1,428
1,074
115,444
17,673
2,295
6,116
9,262
97,771
18,058
38,762
40,951
7,817
1,467
477
343
647
6,350
1,880
2,715
1,755
SEE FOOTNOTE AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
1,717
357
24
146
187
1,360
735
288
337
5,733
3,028
929
1,309
790
2,705
1,066
1,113
526
1,115
779
179
433
167
336
224
112
0
1,824
1,064
545
519
0
760
432
224
104
7,340
2,920
1,567
973
380
4,420
2,509
1,160
751
674
422
144
205
73
252
138
114
0
20,204 24,336
8,209 8,795
3,802 4,448
3,336 2,687
1,071 1,660
11,995 15,541
4,220 7,851
3,773 5,260
4,002 2,430
1,154 2,045
910 817
461 380
449 330
0 107
244 1,228
147 687
87 462
10 79
CONTINUED .
Population
TABLE 1.55. POPULATION: ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION AGED 55 AND OVER BY MARITAL
STATUS, BY RACE, AND BY SEX IN SPECIFIED STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL
AREAS (SMSAS) IN FLORIDA, 1977 (CONTINUED)
MARRIED
AREA, RACE, SEX SPOUSE SPOUSE DI-
AND AGE GROUP TOTAL PRESENT ABSENT WIDOWED SINGLE VORCED
WEST PALM BEACH SMSA
TOTAL 163,620 109,475 5,345 33,887 7,761 7,152
MALE 71,863 58,830 2,748 5,118 2,927 2,241
55 TO 64 YEARS 25,273 21,533 1,087 708 960 986
65 TO 74 YEARS 30,537 25,498 794 1,954 1,405 886
75 YEARS AND OVER 16,053 11,799 867 2,456 562 369
FEMALE 91,757 50,645 2,597 28,769 4,832 4,911
55 TO 64 YEARS 34,937 23,897 1,502 5,869 1,607 2,061
65 TO 74 YEARS 36,583 20,596 549 11,304 2,195 1,939
75 YEARS AND OVER 20,237 6,152 546 11,596 1,032 911
BLACK 9,043 4,293 1,583 1,760 690 715
MALE 3,876 2,230 786 313 374 173
55 TO 64 YEARS 1,993 1,186 482 90 145 90
65 TO 74 YEARS 1,310 804 121 191 176 18
75 YEARS AND OVER 573 240 183 32 53 65
FEMALE 5,167 2,063 797 1,447 316 542
55 TO 64 YEARS 2,756 1,301 526 515 77 333
65 TO 74 YEARS 1,693 576 207 640 146 125
75 YEARS AND OVER 718 186 64 292 93 84
NOTE: DETAIL MAY NOT ADD TO TOTAL BECAUSE OF ROUNDING.
SOURCE: 1977 ESTIMATES OF POPULATION BY AGE, RACE, AND SEX FROM UNIVERSITY
OF FLORIDA, BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH, DIVISION OF POPULATION
STUDIES, UNPUBLISHED DATA. ESTIMATES BY MARITAL STATUS DEVELOPED BY THE UNIVERSITY
OF FLORIDA, CENTER FOR GERONTOLOGICAL STUDIES.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
Population
TABLE 1.65. POPULATION: PERSONS AGED 60 AND OVER IN INSTITUTIONS BY TYPE
OF INSTITUTION, BY SEX, AND BY RACE IN FLORIDA AND AGED 55 AND OVER IN
SPECIFIED STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSAS) IN FLORIDA
1970
RACE, AGE
AND SMSA
FLORIDA
60 TO 64 YEARS 2
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS 4
80 TO 84 YEARS 5
85 YEARS AND OVER 6
WHITE
60 TO 64 YEARS 1
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS 4
80 TO 84 YEARS 5
85 YEARS AND OVER 5
BLACK
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS
80 TO 84 YEARS
85 YEARS AND OVER
FT.LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
JACKSONVILLE
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
MIAMI
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER 2
ORLANDO
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER 1
TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER 3
WEST PALM BEACH
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER 1
MENTAL HOSPITAL
TOTAL MALE FEMALE
!,247
!,761
i,233
4,977
5,588
i,169
,650
,316
,843
,681
,300
,874
597
440
385
292
282
295
488
513
929
159
323
896
523
935
,610
92
223
,001
547
984
,995
168
234
,086
HOME FOR THE AGED
MALE FEMALE
389
654
815
1,474
1,294
1,461
282
564
733
1,378
1,242
1,380
107
85
82
96
52
81
38
92
195
60
117
197
139
330
830
41
82
223
239
356
1,066
37
101
300
491
930
1,677
2,845
3,817
4,317
380
856
1,565
2,771
3,673
4,198
111
74
112
70
144
119
60
213
545
42
201
689
199
527
1,762
15
141
769
184
572
2,904
48
75
770
SOURCE: U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
LATION.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, 1970 CENSUS OF POPU-
OTHER
INSTITUTIONS
MALE FEMALE
1.00 Population
TABLE 1.70. POPULATION: ALL FAMILIES AND FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER
BY RACE AND BY NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE STATE AND SPECIFIED STANDARD
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSAS) IN FLORIDA, 1970
TYPE OF
FAMILY
FLORIDA
ALL FAMILIES
FAMILIES WITH HEADS
65 YEARS AND OVER
HUSBAND-WIFE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
WHITE
ALL FAMILIES
FAMILIES WITH HEADS
65 YEARS AND OVER
HUSBAND-WIFE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
TOTAL
NUMBER OF
FAMILIES
NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS
AVERAGE
FOUR OR PER
TWO THREE MORE FAMILY
1,811,367 785,939 347,864 677,564 3.34
337,968
10,689
35,013
293,760
7,642
24,642
29,432
1,818
5,743
14,776
1,229
4,628
1,587,846 725,714 305,178 556,954 3.21
321,339
8,974
27,465
284,303
6,709
20,598
26,279
1,459
4,198
10,757
806
2,669
BLACK
ALL FAMILIES
FAMILIES WITH HEADS
65 YEARS AND OVER
HUSBAND-WIFE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
PERSONS OF SPANISH LANGUAGE 1/
ALL FAMILIES
FAMILIES WITH HEADS
65 YEARS AND OVER
HUSBAND-WIFE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
ALL FAMILIES
FAMILIES WITH HEADS
65 YEARS AND OVER
HUSBAND-WIFE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
218,332 58,508 41,677 118,147 4.28
15,998
1,687
7,434
8,924
919
3,986
3,092 3,982
348 420
1,532 1,916
112,248 30,063 25,724 56,461 3.76
8,953
437
1,316
5,788
233
706
1,588
129
288
1,577 2.71
75 2.94
322 3.00
FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD SMSA
178,191 89,118 31,524 57,549
43,519
959
2,826
39,024
714
2,071
3,160
178
463
SEE FOOTNOTE AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
1,335 2.16
67 2.35
292 2.45
CONTINUED .
Population
TABLE 1.70. POPULATION: ALL FAMILIES AND FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER
BY RACE AND BY NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE STATE AND SPECIFIED STANDARD
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSAS) IN FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
TOTAL
NUMBER OF
FAMILIES
NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS
TWO THREE
JACKSONVILLE SMSA
AVERAGE
FOUR OR PER
MORE FAMILY
ALL FAMILIES
FAMILIES WITH HEADS
65 YEARS AND OVER
HUSBAND-WIFE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
ALL FAMILIES
FAMILIES WITH HEADS
65 YEARS AND OVER
HUSBAND-WIFE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
ALL FAMILIES
FAMILIES WITH HEADS
65 YEARS AND OVER
HUSBAND-WIFE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
ALL FAMILIES
FAMILIES WITH HEADS
65 YEARS AND OVER
HUSBAND-WIFE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
131,938 44,571 29,429 57,938 3.58
10,688 8,099 1,600
528 329 116
2,585 1,661 529
MIAMI SMSA
329,695 133,316 67,227
52,088 43,515 5,413
1,772 1,267 304
6,025 4,335 918
ORLANDO SMSA
110,061 39,968 22,465
12,692
446
1,838
10,641
303
1,280
TAMPA-ST.
281,997 138,446
69,065
1,952
6,486
61,956
1,403
4,762
WEST PALM
129,152 3.39
3,160 2.28
201 2.49
772 2.55
47,628 3.52
1,374 677
80 63
354 204
PETERSBURG SMSA
51,534 92,017
5,116
366
1,050
BEACH SMSA
1,993 2.16
183 2.49
674 2.47
ALL FAMILIES 95,373 45,771 16,829 32,773 3.25
FAMILIES WITH HEADS
65 YEARS AND OVER
HUSBAND-WIFE 21,435 19,051 1,730 654 2.17
OTHER MALE HEAD 626 438 109 79 2.59
FEMALE HEAD 1,675 1,246 182 247 2.55
1/ INCLUDES PERSONS OF SPANISH MOTHER TONGUE AND ALL OTHER PERSONS IN FAMILIES IN
WHICH THE HEAD OR WIFE REPORTED SPANISH AS HIS OR HER MOTHER TONGUE. MOST OF THESE
PERSONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN COLUMNS TITLED "WHITE" AND "BLACK."
SOURCE: U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, 1970 CENSUS OF POPU-
LATION.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TYPE OF
FAMILY
--------------
1.00 Population
TABLE 1.75. POPULATION: RESIDENCE IN 1965 OF THE POPULATION AGED 60 AND OVER
BY RACE, IN FLORIDA, 1970
RACE AND AGE
ALL RACES
AGED 60 AND OVER 1
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS
80 YEARS AND
OVER
WHITE
AGED 60 AND OVER 1
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS
80 YEARS AND
OVER
BLACK
AGED 60 AND OVER
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS
80 YEARS AND
OVER
SPANISH LANGUAGE 1/
AGED 60 AND OVER
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 TO 79 YEARS
80 YEARS AND
OVER
SAME
HOUSE AS
TOTAL IN 1970
,353,044
361,172
356,937
288,926
190,444
155,565
1,245,862
325,526
326,568
270,292
179,785
143,691
104,351
34,955
29,740
18,055
10,188
11,413
51,939
18,227
14,640
8,143
5,724
741,806
188,855
177,736
165,019
116,536
93,660
662,770
162,785
155,202
151,162
108,540
85,081
77,508
25,678
22,240
13,600
7,697
8,293
17,603
5,952
4,926
3,025
1,978
DIFFERENT HOUSE IN THE U.S. (MOVERS) ABROAD
DIF- OR MOVED
FERENT 1965 RES-
COUNTY IDENCE
SAME SAME DIFFERENT NOT
TOTAL
511,303
145,367
152,453
104,631
60,512
48,340
489,626
137,823
146,343
100,901
58,531
46,028
20,805
7,363
5,856
3,488
1,870
2,228
16,027
5,960
4,747
2,423
1,475
COUNTY
192,956
51,710
47,494
39,907
28,794
25,051
175,888
45,609
42,619
37,111
27,232
23,317
16,631
6,008
4,764
2,687
1,480
1,692
10,980
4,193
3,003
1,651
1,048
5,205 1,722 1,422 1,085
STATE
49,206
13,795
12,782
10,380
6,387
5,862
47,239
13,125
12,303
10,038
6,204
5,569
1,910
657
471
313
183
286
951
337
263
158
118
STATE REPORTED
269,141 99,935
79,862 26,950
92,177 26,748
54,344 19,276
25,331 13,396
17,427 13,565
266,499 93,466
79,089 24,918
91,421 25,023
53,752 18,229
25,095 12,714
17,142 12,582
2,264 6,038
698 1,914
621 1,644
488 967
207 621
250 892
4,096 18,309
1,430 6,315
1,481 4,967
614 2,695
309 2,271
75 262 2,061
1/ INCLUDES PERSONS OF SPANISH MOTHER TONGUE AND ALL OTHER PERSONS IN WHICH THE
HEAD OR WIFE REPORTED SPANISH AS HIS OR HER MOTHER TONGUE. MOST OF THESE PERSONS
ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN COLUMNS TITLED "WHITE" AND "BLACK."
SOURCE: U.S.,DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, 1970 CENSUS OF POPU-
LATION.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
1.00 Population
TABLE 1.80. POPULATION: TOTAL POPULATION AND POPULATION AGED 60 AND OVER BY SEX
AND URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE IN FLORIDA, 1960 AND 1970
AREA AND
SEX
BOTH SEXES
TOTAL POPULATION
URBAN, TOTAL
URBANIZED AREAS
CENTRAL CITIES
URBAN FRINGE
OTHER URBAN AREAS
PLACES OF 10,000
OR MORE
PLACES OF 2,500
TO 10,000
RURAL, TOTAL
PLACES OF 1,000
TO 2,500
OTHER RURAL
MALE
TOTAL POPULATION
URBAN, TOTAL
URBANIZED AREAS
CENTRAL CITIES
URBAN FRINGE
OTHER URBAN AREAS
PLACES OF 10,000
OR MORE
PLACES OF 2,500
TO 10,000
RURAL, TOTAL
PLACES OF 1,000
TO 2,500
OTHER RURAL
FEMALE
TOTAL POPULATION
URBAN, TOTAL
URBANIZED AREAS
CENTRAL CITIES
URBAN FRINGE
OTHER URBAN AREAS
PLACES OF 10,000
OR MORE
PLACES OF 2,500
TO 10,000
RURAL,TOTAL
PLACES OF 1,000
TO 2,500
OTHER RURAL
1960
60 YEARS AND OVER
PER-
ALL AGES NUMBER CENTAGE
4,951,560
3,661,383
2,673,736
1,268,966
1,404,770
987,647
522,457
465,190
1,290,177
147,159
1,143,018
2,436,783
1,771,606
1,288,744
603,509
685,235
452,862
225,015
227,847
665,177
72,422
592,755
2,514,777
1,889,777
1,384,992
665,457
719,535
504,785
267,442
237,343
625,000
74,737
550,263
774,586
606,290
636,851
242,000
209,347
154,943
75,186
79,757
168,296
26,114
142,182
370,804
283,690
209,749
110,269
101,480
71,941
33,585
38,356
87,114
12,897
74,217
403,782
322,600
239,598
131,731
107,867
83,002
41,601
41,401
81,182
13,217
67,965
1970
60 YEARS AND OVER
PER-
ALL AGES NUMBER CENTAGE
6,789,443
5,468,137
4,133,783
1,945,662
2,188,121
1,334,354
675,447
658,907
1,321,306
172,310
1,148,996
3,275,571
2,615,647
1,972,876
925,662
1,047,214
642,771
332,485
320,286
659,924
84,372
575,552
3,513,872
2,852,490
2,160,907
1,020,000
1,140,907
691,583
352,962
338,621
661,382
87,938
573,444
1,348,291
1,102,735
825,883
370,048
455,835
276,852
131,013
145,839
245,556
45,043
200,513
603,784
483,934
360,968
156,250
204,718
122,966
56,443
66,523
119,850
21,318
98,532
744,507
618,801
464,915
213,798
251,117
153,886
74,570
79,316
125,706
23,725
101,981
SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, 1960 AND 1970 CENSUS
OF POPULATION.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 1.90. POPULATION: PERSONS AGED 60 AND OVER, BY SEX AND BY YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED, IN
STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSAS) OF FLORIDA, 1970
THE STATE AND SPECIFIED
AREA AND YEARS OF
SCHOOL COMPLETED
FLORIDA
TOTAL
NO YEARS COMPLETED
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1 TO 6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
HIGH SCHOOL
1 TO 3 YEARS
4 YEARS
COLLEGE
1 TO 3 YEARS
C 4 YEARS
1 5 YEARS OR MORE
FT. LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD SMSA
TOTAL
NO YEARS COMPLETED
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1 TO 6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
HIGH SCHOOL
1 TO 3 YEARS
4 YEARS
COLLEGE
1 TO 3 YEARS
4 YEARS
5 YEARS OR MORE
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TOTAL PER-
NUMBER CENTAGE
1,352,565
36,457
546,690
215,379
74,890
256,421
535,116
243,033
292,083
234,302
128,340
68,650
37,312
153,648
2,809
55,098
16,653
7,793
30,652
67,516
29,382
38,134
28,225
15,720
8,569
3,936
100.0
2.7
40.4
15.9
5.5
19.0
39.6
18.0
21.6
17.3
9.5
5.1
2.8
100.0
1.8
35.9
10.8
5.1
19.9
43.9
19.1
24.8
18.4
10.2
5.6
2.6
MALE FEMALE
605,622
18,084
258,435
105,372
35,808
117,255
214,744
104,073
110,671
114,359
56,271
34,805
23,283
70,786
1,448
25,843
8,216
3,820
13,807
28,099
13,447
14,652
15,396
7,724
4,915
2,757
746,943
18,373
288,255
110,007
39,082
139,166
320,372
138,960
181,412
119,943
72,069
33,845
14,029
82,862
1,361
29,255
8,437
3,973
16,845
39,417
15,935
23,482
12,829
7,996
3,654
1,179
WHITE
1,246,060
24,457
471,129
156,494
67,851
246,784
520,091
233,255
S286,836
230,383
126,369
67,462
36,552
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
PERSONS
OF SPANISH
BLACK LANGUAGE 1/
103,640
11,788
74,126
57,965
6,881
9,280
14,105
9,354
4,751
3,621
1,778
1,122
721
5,189
834
3,600
2,858
311
431
599
383
216
156
75
55
26
51,939
2,925
28,073
17,073
2,371
8,629
14,494
5,253
9,241
6,447
2,560
1,811
2,076
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
CONTINUED .
I
TABLE 1.90. POPULATION: PERSONS AGED 60 AND OVER, BY SEX AND BY YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED, IN
STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSAS) OF FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
THE STATE AND SPECIFIED
AREA AND YEARS OF
SCHOOL COMPLETED
JACKSONVILLE SMSA
TOTAL
NO YEARS COMPLETED
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1 TO 6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
HIGH SCHOOL
1 TO 3 YEARS
4 YEARS
COLLEGE
1 TO 3 YEARS
4 YEARS
5 YEARS OR MORE
MIAMI SMSA
TOTAL
NO YEARS COMPLETED
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1 TO 6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
HIGH SCHOOL
1 TO 3 YEARS
4 YEARS
COLLEGE
1 TO 3 YEARS
4 YEARS
5 YEARS OR MORE
TOTAL PER-
NUMBER CENTAGE
59,306
2,027
27,081
14,449
4,071
8,561
22,348
11,588
10,760
7,850
4,615
2,127
1,108
238,813
12,450
103,765
44,565
13,206
45,994
88,668
38,116
50,552
33,930
18,281
8,780
6,869
100.0
3.4
45.7
24.4
6.9
14.4
37.7
19.5
18.1
13.2
7.8
3.6
1.9
100.0
5.2
43.5
18.7
5.5
19.3
37.1
16.0
21.2
14.2
7.7
3.7
2.9
MALE FEMALE
24,670
1,136
11,702
6,537
1,609
3,556
8,279
4,475
3,804
3,553
2,004
929
620
104,438
5,616
45,514
19,896
6,169
19,449
35,198
16,240
18,958
18,110
8,871
4,622
4,617
34,636
891
15,379
7,912
2,462
5,005
14,069
7,113
6,956
4,297
2,611
1,198
488
134,375
6,834
58,251
24,669
7,037
26,545
53,470
21,876
31,594
15,820
9,410
4,158
2,252
WHITE
PERSONS
OF SPANISH
BLACK LANGUAGE 1/
13,646
1,108
9,458
6,879
1,111
1,468
2,438
1,613
825
642
373
190
79
13,550
1,311
9,693
7,501
904
1,288
2,085
1,195
890
461
244
106
111
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
35,743
1,787
19,793
12,050
1,434
6,309
9,863
3,202
6,661
4,299
1,498
1,169
1,632
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
CONTINUED .
TABLE 1.90. POPULATION: PERSONS AGED 60 AND OVER, BY SEX AND BY YEARS OF SCHOOL
STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL'AREAS (SMSAS) OF FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
COMPLETED, IN THE STATE AND SPECIFIED
AREA AND YEARS OF
SCHOOL COMPLETED
ORLANDO SMSA
TOTAL
NO YEARS COMPLETED
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1 TO 6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
HIGH SCHOOL
1 TO 3 YEARS
4 YEARS
COLLEGE
1 TO 3 YEARS
4 YEARS
5 YEARS OR MORE
TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG SMSA
TOTAL
NO YEARS COMPLETED
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1 TO 6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
HIGH SCHOOL
1 TO 3 YEARS
4 YEARS
COLLEGE
1 TO 3 YEARS
4 YEARS
5 YEARS OR MORE
TOTAL PER-
NUMBER CENTAGE
57,210
1,288
23,334
9,861
3,489
9,984
21,771
10,519
11,252
10,817
5,818
3,012
1,987
264,923
4,728
105,020
35,917
15,984
53,119
110,493
52,926
57,567
44,682
25,526
12,650
6,506
100.0
2.3
40.8
17.2
6.1
17.5
38.1
18.4
19.7
18.9
10.2
5.3
3.5
100.0
1.8
39.6
13.6
6.0
20.1
41.7
20.0
21.7
16.9
9.6
4.8
2.5
MALE FEMALE
24,645
606
10,887
4,845
1,640
4,402
8,387
4,411
3,976
4,765
2,324
1,306
1,135
116,020
2,291
50,147
17,881
7,781
24,485
42,776
22,438
20,338
20,806
10,745
6,160
3,901
32,565
682
12,447
5,016
1,849
5,582
13,384
6,108
7,276
6,052
3,494
1,706
852
148,903
2,437
54,873
18,036
8,203
28,634
67,717
30,488
37,229
23,876
14,781
6,490
2,605
WHITE
PERSONS
OF SPANISH
BLACK LANGUAGE 1/
6,112
622
4,465
3,551
401
513
812
592
220
213
85
81
47
11,913
1,046
8,546
6,503
878
1,165
1,862
1,311
551
459
268
102
89
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
8,247
646
5,096
3,310
669
1,117
2,021
1,103
918
484
299
110
75
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
CONTINUED .
TABLE 1.90. POPULATION: PERSONS AGED 60 AND OVER, BY SEX AND BY YEARS OF SCHOOL
STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSAS) OF FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
COMPLETED, IN THE STATE AND SPECIFIED
AREA AND YEARS OF
SCHOOL COMPLETED
WEST PALM BEACH SMSA
TOTAL
NO YEARS COMPLETED
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1 TO 6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
HIGH SCHOOL
1 TO 3 YEARS
4 YEARS
COLLEGE
1 TO 3 YEARS
4 YEARS
5 YEARS OR MORE
TOTAL PER-
NUMBER CENTAGE
81,486
1,598
28,696
10,429
3,792
14,475
33,379
13,916
19,463
17,813
9,713
5,467
2,633
100.0
2.0
35.2
12.8
4.7
17.8
41.0
17.1
23.9
21.9
11.9
6.7
3.2
MALE FEMALE
36,821
777
13,812
5,396
2,010
6,406
13,249
5,982
7,267
8,983
4,297
2,988
1,698
44,665
821
14,884
5,033
1,782
8,069
20,130
7,934
12,196
8,830
5,416
2,479
935
WHITE
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
PERSONS
OF SPANISH
BLACK LANGUAGE 1/
5,555
610
4,009
3,210
359
440
728
480
248
208
98
60
50
(NA) NOT AVAILABLE.
1/ INCLUDES PERSONS OF SPANISH MOTHER TONGUE AND ALL OTHER PERSONS IN FAMILIES IN WHICH THE HEAD OR WIFE REPORTED
SPANISH AS HIS OR HER MOTHER TONGUE. MOST OF THESE PERSONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN COLUMNS TITLED "WHITE" AND "BLACK."
NOTE: DATA ARE BASED ON A 15 PERCENT OR 5 PERCENT SAMPLE OF THE POPULATION AND MAY NOT AGREE WITH FIGURES ON OTHER
TABLES.
SOURCE: U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, 1970 CENSUS OF POPULATION.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 1.95. POPULATION: PERSONS AGED 45 AND OVER BY RACE AND SEX AND BY FIELD OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN FLORIDA, 1970
RACE, SEX
AND AGE GROUP
ALL RACES
MALE
45 TO 54 YEARS
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
45 TO 54 YEARS
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 YEARS AND OVER
S WHITE
MALE
45 TO 54 YEARS
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
45 TO 54 YEARS
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 YEARS AND OVER
BLACK
MALE
45 TO 54 YEARS
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 YEARS AND OVER
TOTAL
POPULATION
2,459,498
1,121,142
358,741
314,414
447,987
1,338,356
399,468
397,331
541,557
2,216,522
1,009,050
314,297
277,481
417,272
1,207,472
349,266
355,512
502,694
237,009
109,060
43,280
36,113
29,667
COMPLETED
A PROGRAM
PER-
NUMBER CENTAGE
701,730 28.5
355,037 31.7
135,460 37.8
94,722 30.1
124,855 27.9
346,693 25.9
113,419 28.4
107,054 26.9
126,220 23.3
666,183 30.0
336,717 33.4
126,976 40.4
89,426 32.2
120,315 28.8
329,466 27.3
106,381 30.5
101,114 28.4
121,971 24.3
33,496 14.1
17,168 15.7
8,064 18.6
4,982 13.8
4,122 13.9
BUSINESS
OR OFFICE
WORK
191,817
55,569
1.7,157
15,882
22,530
136,248
48,397
44,788
43,063
190,054
54,823
16,745
15,680
22,398
135,231
47,830
44,496
42,905
1,428
612
396
124
92
NURSING
OR OTHER
HEALTH
FIELD
59,569
7,181
2,592
2,220
2,369
52,388
19,034
16,745
16,609
56,889
6,967
2,497
2,123
2,347
49,922
17,660
16,109
16,153
2,522
169
72
97
0
FIELD OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING
TRADES ENGINEERING
AND OR SCIENCE
CRAFTS TECHNICIAN
179,865
144,724
67,541
36,618
40,565
35,141
15,723
10,351
9,067
171,625
139,021
63,700
35,426
39,895
32,604
14,399
9,498
8,707
7,755
5,308
3,645
1,068
595
37,353
35,312
13,659
8,806
12,847
2,041
881
581
579
36,949
34,994
13,523
8,706
12,765
1,955
859
517
579
302
216
136
80
0
SEE FOOTNOTE AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
AGRI-
CULTURE
OR HOME
ECONOMICS
13,943
8,255
3,908
2,009
2,338
5,688
2,135
1,604
1,949
12,818
7,643
3,501
1,910
2,232
5,175
1,891
1,463
1,821
1,125
612
407
99
106
OTHER
AND NOT
REPORTED
219,183
103,996
30,603
29,187
44,206
115,187
27,249
32,985
54,953
197,848
93,269
27,010
25,581
40,678
104,579
23,742
29,031
51,806
20,364
10,251
3,408
3,514
3,329
CONTINUED .
TABLE 1.95. POPULATION: PERSONS AGED 45 AND OVER BY RACE AND SEX AND BY FIELD OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN FLORIDA, 1970
(CONTINUED)
RACE, SEX
AND AGE GROUP
BLACK (CONTINUED)
FEMALE
45 TO 54 YEARS
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 YEARS AND OVER
PERSONS OF SPANISH
ORIGIN OR
DESCENT 1/
MALE
45 TO 54 YEARS
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
45 TO 54 YEARS
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 YEARS AND OVER
TOTAL
POPULATION
127,949
49,127
41,268
37,554
118,294
54,077
23,600
15,863
14,614
64,217
24,755
20,460
19,002
COMPLETED
A PROGRAM
PER-
NUMBER CENTAGE
16,328
6,735
5,782
3,811
26,060
14,038
6,884
4,043
3,111
12,022
5,735
3,646
2,641
NURSING
BUSINESS OR OTHER
OR OFFICE HEALTH
WORK FIELD
816
485
271
60
7,646
4,279
2,051
1,185
1,043
3,367
1,956
946
465
2,353
1,325
636
392
2,018
735
424
201
110
1,283
789
248
246
FIELD OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING
TRADES ENGINEERING
AND OR SCIENCE
CRAFTS TECHNICIAN
2,447
1,281
830
336
6,818
4,675
2,625
1,144
906
2,143
1,178
660
305
AGRI-
CULTURE
OTHER
OR HOME AND NOT
ECONOMICS REPORTED
10,113
3,378
3,840
2,895
7,825
3,130
1,079
1,213
838
4,695
1,496
1,716
1,483
1/ INCLUDES PERSONS OF SPANISH MOTHER TONGUE AND ALL OTHER PERSONS IN FAMILIES IN WHICH THE HEAD OR WIFE REPORTED
SPANISH AS HIS OR HER MOTHER TONGUE. MOST OF THESE PERSONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN COLUMNS TITLED "WHITE" AND "BLACK."
SOURCE: U.S.,DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, 1970 CENSUS OF POPULATION.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
2.00
INCOME
This section includes statistics on money in-
come and poverty status for aged units (individ-
uals, households, or families) in the state and
counties of Florida. Current money income usually
consists of the sum of all income received before
taxes (during the year preceding the survey) by
an aged unit from selected sources. Major sources
of income for the elderly usually include in order of
importance: earnings/social security, asset income,
private pensions, supplemental security income, and
government employee pensions. Money receipts
exclude income from sale of nonbusiness-related
property (real, stocks and bonds), bank deposit
withdrawals, loans, tax refunds, gifts, and lump-
sum inheritance or insurance benefits. For statis-
tics on family or household income, the combined
income of all members of each family (household) is
treated as a single amount. For income of un-
related individuals, such as widows, the classifi-
cation is by the amount of their own total income.
Income data from the 1976 Survey of Income
and Education (SIE) of the U.S. Bureau of the
Census have been added to decennial information
sources to provide current estimates of income in
the state of Florida and at the county level. Esti-
mates derived from the SIE were adjusted for
selected sex/age groups to correct for sampling
error by using calculations of intercensal income
trends at the state and county levels.
Poverty thresholds define levels of income that
divide families (households) of differing composi-
tion, place, and time into the poor and near poor.
Specifically, the modified Orshansky thresholds,
adopted by the Federal Interagency Committee in
1969 and updated annually on the basis of the
income sample of the U.S. Bureau of the Census
Current Population Survey, vary by (1) family size
and composition, (2) sex and age of family head,
and are adjusted for (3) annual changes in the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) and (4) differences
between farm and honfarm residence (see P-60
Series of Current Population reports for annual
updates). Like the poverty thresholds, the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) budgets for
retired couples are standards based on the esti
mated costs of required consumer items for aged
couples in different urban locations. The BLS
figures appear to be different from the poverty
thresholds because they are determined only for
large cities and assume rental housing instead of
home ownership, thus resulting in relatively higher
cut-off amounts.
2.00 Income
TABLE 2.10. INCOME: PERSONS AGED 60 AND OVER BY INCOME GROUP IN 1969, BY SEX
AND BY AGE GROUP IN THE STATE AND SPECIFIED STANDARD METROPOLITAN
STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSAS) OF FLORIDA, 1970
AREA, SEX
AND AGE GROUP
FLORIDA
MALE
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FT. LAUDERDALE-
HOLLYWOOD SMSA
MALE
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
JACKSONVILLE SMSA
MALE
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
MIAMI SMSA
MALE
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
FEMALE
60 TO 64 YEARS
65 TO 69 YEARS
70 TO 74 YEARS
75 YEARS AND OVER
$1 TO
$2,999
TOTAL OR LOSS
1,199,700 714,614
588,035 248,998
151,516 37,456
156,760 62,111
129,002 60,868
150,757 88,563
611,665 465,616
146,160 93,639
167,018 129,019
132,620 105,561
165,867 137,397
136,906
69,173
17,140
20,102
16,589
15,342
67,733
17,323
20,573
15,256
14,581
52,131
23,556
8,587
6,197
4,190
4,582
28,575
7,578
7,536
5,351
8,110
209,327
100,172
27,423
25,653
21,547
25,549
109,155
26,686
29,788
23,760
28,921
68,744
21,029
2,867
5,528
5,695
6,939
47,715
10,377
14,696
11,267
11,375
32,008
10,051
1,868
2,866
2,326
2,991
21,957
4,744
5,804
4,391
7,018
122,231
41,147
6,199
9,813
9,919
15,216
81,084
15,687
22,549
18,798
24,050
$3,000
TO
$4,999
199,373
127,166
29,415
36,338
31,299
30,114
72,207
24,257
19,095
14,304
14,551
24,562
15,441
2,885
4,715
4,340
3,501
9,121
3,126
2,655
1,857
1,483
7,758
4,292
1,289
1,322
882
799
3,466
1,334
918
569
645
32,998
19,862
5,247
5,530
4,678
4,407
13,136
4,777
3,441
2,496
2,422
INCOME LEVEL
$5,000 $7,000 $10,000
TO TO TO
$6,999 $9,999 $14,999
106,625
73,718
26,016
20,822
14,468
12,412
32,907
12,391
8,490
5,805
6,221
14,987
10,290
3,027
3,374
2,275
1,614
4,697
1,689
1,414
901
693
4,450
3,027
1,641
682
415
289
1,423
664
338
198
223
18,879
12,193
4,250
3,267
2,450
2,226
6,686
2,812
1,653
1,132
1,089
81,237
60,223
25,173
16,638
9,792
8,620
21,014
8,662
5,312
3,363
3,677
12,401
9,559
3,566
2,806
1,798
1,389
2,842
1,096
799
551
396
3,995
2,947
1,828
554
282
283
1,048
478
299
118
153
15,020
10,979
4,704
2,915
1,923
1,437
4,041
1,739
1,088
609
605
53,113
41,075
18,490
10,742
6,187
5,656
12,038
4,675
3,010
2,129
2,224
8,418
6,422
2,430
1,817
1,256
919
1,996
641
627
384
344
2,218
1,787
1,130
404
143
110
431
257
102
48
24
10,510
8,023
3,829
2,004
1,115
1,075
2,487
1,024
653
435
375
SEE FOOTNOTE AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
$15,000
OR MORE
44,738
36,855
14,966
10,109
6,388
5,392
7,883
2,536
2,092
1,458
1,797
7,794
6,432
2,365
1,862
1,225
980
1,362
394
382
296
290
1,702
1,452
831
369
142
110
250
101
75
27
47
9,689
7,968
3,194
2,124
1,462
1,188
1,721
647
404
290
380
CONTINUED .
Income
TABLE 2.10. INCOME: PERSONS AGED 60 AND OVER BY INCOME GROUP IN 1969, BY SEX
AND BY AGE GROUP IN THE STATE AND SPECIFIED STANDARD METROPOLITAN
STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSAS) OF FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
INCOME LEVEL
$1 TO $3,000 $5,000 $7,000 $10,000
AREA, SEX $2,999 TO TO TO TO $15,000
AND AGE GROUP TOTAL OR LOSS $4,999 $6,999 $9,999 $14,999 OR MORE
ORLANDO SMSA 51,735 30,920 8,389 4,761 3,677 2,203 1,785
MALE 24,037 10,311 5,070 2,949 2,634 1,642 1,431
60 TO 64 YEARS 7,211 1,746 1,342 1,204 1,296 892 731
65 TO 69 YEARS 5,644 2,346 1,291 784 549 340 334
70 TO 74 YEARS 4,879 2,491 1,178 462 375 190 183
75 YEARS AND OVER 6,303 3,728 1,259 499 414 220 183
FEMALE 27,698 20,609 3,319 1,812 1,043 561 354
60 TO 64 YEARS 6,554 3,942 1,146 685 435 230 116
65 TO 69 YEARS 6,837 5,311 774 380 189 94 89
70 TO 74 YEARS 5,947 4,658 669 318 153 117 32
75 YEARS AND OVER 8,360 6,698 730 429 266 120 117
TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG
SMSA 241,040 143,520 44,857 21,96S 15,662 8,888 6,150
MALE 113,462 46,981 27,979 15,145 11,585 6,770 5,002
60 TO 64 YEARS 24,220 5,535 5,134 4,560 4,388 2,675 1,928
65 TO 69 YEARS 28,179 10,402 7,308 4,155 3,227 1,832 1,255
70 TO 74 YEARS 25,865 11,270 7,298 3,180 2,031 1,143 943
75 YEARS AND OVER 35,198 19,774 8,239 3,250 1,939 1,120 876
FEMALE 127,578 96,539 16,878 6,818 4,077 2,118 1,148
60 TO 64 YEARS 26,261 16,747 5,104 2,113 1,356 655 286
65 TO 69 YEARS 33,189 25,467 4,327 1,745 906 487 257
70 TO 74 YEARS 29,182 22,860 3,505 1,330 769 431 287
75 YEARS AND OVER 38,946 31,465 3,942 1,630 1,046 545 318
WEST PALM BEACH SMSA 73,288 38,416 12,286 7,338 5,400 4,330 5,518
MALE 35,890 12,149 7,347 4,912 3,971 3,246 4,265
60 TO 64 YEARS 8,842 1,780 1,486 1,491 1,478 1,250 1,357
65 TO 69 YEARS 9,879 2,806 2,162 1,389 1,273 936 1,313
70 TO 74 YEARS 8,304 3,114 2,004 1,188 590 546 862
75 YEARS AND OVER 8,865 4,449 1,695 844 630 514 733
FEMALE 37,398 26,267 4,939 2,426 1,429 1,084 1,253
60 TO 64 YEARS 8,997 5,260 1,472 911 569 399 386
65 TO 69 YEARS 10,405 7,311 1,463 624 375 280 352
70 TO 74 YEARS 7,999 5,787 971 462 275 230 274
75 YEARS AND OVER 9,997 7,909 1,033 429 210 175 241
NOTE: THE LOWEST INCOME GROUP ($1 TO $2,999 OR LOSS) INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS CLAS-
SIFIED AS HAVING NO 1969 INCOME AND THOSE HAVING 1969 INCOME OF LESS THAN $1.
SOURCE: U.S.,DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, 1970 CENSUS OF POPU-
LATION.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
:I
TABLE 2.12. MONEY INCOME: PERSONS AGED 14 AND OVER IN SPRING 1976 BY SEX AND BY INCOME GROUP IN FLORIDA, 1975
(NUMBERS ROUNDED TO THOUSANDS)
WITH INCOME
$1 TO $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 $12,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000
$1,999 TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO AND MEDIAN MEAN
AGE AND SEX TOTAL TOTAL OR LOSS $3,999 $5,999 $7,999 $9,999 $11,999 $14,999 $19,999 $24,999 OVER INCOME INCOME
NUMBER
BOTH SEXES 6,821 5,661 1,233 1,083 850 675 479
14 TO 24 YEARS 1,636 1,078 468 236 159 104 62
25 TO 34 YEARS 1,163 1,005 115 117 157 161 132
35 TO 44 YEARS 883 778 100 87 111 94 87
45 TO 54 YEARS 911 763 113 104 93 100 70
55 TO 64 YEARS 872 753 145 128 107 91 69
65 YEARS AND
OVER 1,357 1,283 295 409 223 123 59
z MALE 3,226 2,953 380 417 400 339 302
TTO 24 YEARS 817 562 222 115 78 63 44
25 TO 34 YEARS 570 565 26 44 75 70 72
35 TO 44 YEARS 446 444 29 39 39 38 50
45 TO 54 YEARS 441 440 40 41 34 45 45
55 TO 64 YEARS 383 375 29 49 42 43 41
65 YEARS AND
OVER 569 567 35 129 132 79 49
FEMALE 3,595 2,708 853 666 450 336 177
14 TO 24 YEARS 819 516 246 121 81 41 18
25 TO 34 YEARS 593 440 89 73 82 91 60
35 TO 44 YEARS 437 334 71 48 72 56 37
45 TO 54 YEARS 470 323 73 63 59 55 25
55 TO 64 YEARS 489 378 116 79 65 48 28
65 YEARS AND
OVER 788 716 260 280 91 44 10
143 (NA) (NA)
3 (NA) (NA)
8 (NA) (NA)
50 (NA) (NA)
39 (NA) (NA)
17 (NA) (NA)
26 (NA) (NA)
128 $7,619 $9,529
0 $2,949 $3,883
8 $9,850 $10,338
46 $11,033 $13,047
39 $10,445 $12,681
13 $8,839 $10,787
22 $5,821 $8,287
15 $3,379 $4,532
3 $2,184 $2,954
0 $5,472 $5,445
4 $5,320 $5,855
0 $4,886 $5,505
4 $3,759 $5,389
4 $2,525 $3,600
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
CONTINUED .
TABLE 2.12. MONEY INCOME: PERSONS AGED 14 AND OVER IN SPRING 1976 BY SEX AND BY INCOME GROUP IN FLORIDA, 1975
(CONTINUED)
(NUMBERS ROUNDED TO THOUSANDS)
WITH INCOME
$1 TO $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 $12,000 $15,000
$1,999 TO TO TO TO TO TO TO
AGE AND SEX TOTAL TOTAL OR LOSS $3,999 $5,999 $7,999 $9,999 $11,999 $14,999 $19,999
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
$20,000 $25,000
TO AND MEDIAN
$24,999 OVER INCOME
MEAN
INCOME
BOTH SEXES
14 TO 24 YEARS
25 TO 34 YEARS
35 TO 44 YEARS
45 TO 54 YEARS
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 YEARS AND
OVER
MALE
14TO 24 YEARS
25 TO 34 YEARS
35 TO 44 YEARS
45 TO 54 YEARS
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 YEARS AND
OVER
FEMALE
14 TO 24 YEARS
25 TO 34 YEARS
35 TO 44 YEARS
45 TO 54 YEARS
55 TO 64 YEARS
65 YEARS AND
OVER
100.0
24.0
17.1
12.9
13.4
12.8
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
19.9 100.0 23.0 31.9 17.4 9.6 4.6 4.3 3.0 2.3 1.9 2.0 (X) (X)
100.0
25.3
17.7
13.8
13.7
11.9
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
17.6 100.0 6.2 22.8 23.3 13.9 8.6 7.9 6.0 4.2 3.2 3.9 (X) (X)
100.0
22.8
16.5
12.2
13.1
13.6
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
21.9 100.0 36.3 39.1 12.7 6.1 1.4 1.4 0.6 0.8 10.0 0.6 (X) (X)
(NA) NOT AVAILABLE. (X) NOT APPLICABLE.
NOTE: DETAIL MAY NOT ADD TO TOTALS BECAUSE OF ROUNDING.
SOURCE: U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT POPULATION REPORTS,
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
SERIES P-60, NO. 112.
Income
TABLE 2.13. INCOME: ESTIMATES OF PER CAPITAL INCOME IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES
OF FLORIDA, SPECIFIED YEARS 1969 THROUGH 1974
ESTIMATED PER CAPITAL INCOME PERCENTAGE
(DOLLARS) CHANGE
COUNTY 1969 1972 A/ 1974 1969-1974
FLORIDA 3,058 3,983 4,815 57.5
ALACHUA 2,668 3,440 4,243 59.0
BAKER 1,886 2,662 3,313 75.7
BAY 2,496 3,210 3,947 58.1
BRADFORD 2,012 2,637 3,312 64.6
BREVARD 3,297 3,839 4,508 36.7
BROWARD 3,763 4,951 5,878 56.2
CALHOUN 1,801 2,367 3,057 69.7
CHARLOTTE 2,996 4,286 4,726 57.7
CITRUS 2,392 3,251 3,567 49.1
CLAY 2,620 3,436 4,165 59.0
COLLIER 4,165 5,468 6,327 51.9
COLUMBIA 2,331 3,011 3,675 57.7
DADE 3,429 4,451 5,384 57.0
DE SOTO 1,987 2,598 3,064 54.2
DIXIE 1,904 2,414 3,022 58.7
DUVAL 2,853 3,739 4,615 61.8
ESCAMBIA 2,543 3,263 4,024 58.2
FLAGLER 2,156 3,051 3,705 71.8
FRANKLIN 1,654 2,217 2,705 63.5
GADSDEN 1,469 1,932 2,448 66.6
GILCHRIST 1,886 2,504 2,838 50.5
GLADES 1,892 2,360 3,012 59.2
GULF 2,117 2,527 3,328 57.2
HAMILTON 1,756 2,236 2,891 64.6
HARDEE 1,942 2,414 2,937 51.2
HENDRY 2,410 3,125 3,848 59.7
HERNANDO 2,279 2,894 3,429 50.5
HIGHLANDS 2,387 3,132 3,774 58.1
HILLSBOROUGH 2,789 3,618 4,476 60.5
HOLMES 1,726 2,156 2,638 52.8
INDIAN RIVER 2,670 3,656 4,431 66.0
JACKSON 1,770 2,279 2,826 59.7
JEFFERSON 1,640 2,133 2,640 61.0
LAFAYETTE 1,978 2,409 3,210 62.3
LAKE 2,562 3,372 4,075 59.1
LEE 3,091 3,880 4,570 47.8
SEE FOOTNOTE AT END OF TABLE. CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 2.13. INCOME: ESTIMATES OF PER CAPITAL INCOME IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES
OF FLORIDA, SPECIFIED YEARS 1969 THROUGH 1974 (CONTINUED)
COUNTY
LEON
LEVY
LIBERTY
MADISON
MANATEE
MARION
MARTIN
MONROE
NASSAU
OKALOOSA
OKEECHOBEE
ORANGE
OSCEOLA
PALM BEACH
PASCO
PINELLAS
POLK
PUTNAM
ST. JOHNS
ST. LUCIE
SANTA ROSA
SARASOTA
SEMINOLE
SUMTER
SUWANNEE
TAYLOR
UNION
VOLUSIA
WAKULLA
WALTON
WASHINGTON
1969
2,887
2,006
1,762
1,791
2,854
2,307
2,892
2,822
2,308
2,623
2,042
3,024
2,423
3,857
2,335
3,292
2,566
2,303
2,473
2,327
2,443
3,630
2,812
1,888
2,280
2,334
1,442
2,794
1,883
2,048
1,738
ESTIMATED PER CAPITAL INCOME
(DOLLARS)
1972 A/
3,779
2,590
2,245
2,289
3,818
3,023
4,070
3,802
3,112
3,342
2,620
3,913
3,302
5,142
3,125
4,296
3,277
2,950
3,062
3,144
3,123
4,698
3,745
2,443
2,889
2,966
1,913
3,623
2,488
2,584
2,271
1974
4,590
3,022
2,748
2,773
4,608
3,471
4,769
4,688
3,783
4,129
3,240
4,713
3,926
6,182
3,779
5,189
4,065
3,573
3,761
3,771
3,806
5,535
4,501
2,885
3,666
3,576
2,437
4,355
2,934
3,241
2,872
A/ REVISED.
SOURCE: U.S.,DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT POPULATION
REPORTS, POPULATION ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS, MAY, 1977. SERIES P-25, NO. 657.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
1969-1974
59.0
50.6
56.0
54.8
61.5
50.5
64.9
66.1
63.9
57.4
58.7
55.9
62.0
60.3
61.8
57.6
58.4
55.1
52.1
62.1
55.8
52.5
60.1
52.8
60.8
53.2
69.0
55.9
55.8
58.3
65.2
1
2.00
Income
TABLE 2.14. INCOME: ESTIMATED MONEY INCOME DISTRIBUTION OF HUSBAND-WIFE FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED
OCCUPIED HOUSING UNIT BY INCOME GROUP IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, 1975
65 AND OVER BY
STATE AND
COUNTY
FLORIDA
ALACHUA
BAKER
BAY
BRADFORD
BREVARD
BROWARD
CALHOUN
CHARLOTTE
S CITRUS
CLAY
COLLIER
COLUMBIA
DADE
DE SOTO
DIXIE
DUVAL
ESCAMBIA
FLAGLER
FRANKLIN
GADSDEN
GILCHRIST
GLADES
GULF
HAMILTON
$2,000 $3,000
UNDER TO TO
TOTAL $2,000 $2,999 $4,999
530,000
2,461
333
2,857
434
4,925
77,707
409
9,042
5,959
1,110
5,428
710
66,755
757
182
13,628
4,990
637
372
829
162
238
438
365
7,000
52
9
77
14
79
466
39
99
107
21
27
23
734
17
16
232
95
6
12
34
12
6
21
25
27,000
128
19
291
37
335
2,331
80
597
590
44
130
73
2,670
70
27
627
294
58
60
66
35
25
38
59
SEE FOOTNOTE AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
$5,000
TO
$6,999
NUMBER
93,000
406
52
457
81
813
12,433
41
1,962
1,436
193
809
124
10,080
145
0
2,221
828
131
64
163
0
59
118
29
$7,000
TO
$9,999
112,000
534
93
589
93
813
16,940
44
1,926
965
283
603
89
13,618
136
24
2,848
1,292
103
31
231
73
0
81
115
73,000
263
58
509
56
847
8,082
73
1,745
1,406
163
385
124
7,143
176
80
1,676
639
171
116
133
16
69
74
45
$10,000
TO
$14,999
121,000
509
18
657
78
1,340
19,427
106
1,772
989
284
1,178
126
16,155
84
0
3,720
1,113
124
49
118
0
40
25
25
$15,000
TO
$24,999
56,000
367
84
211
42
502
9,946
25
579
256
100
1,058
105
8,745
112
0
1,376
389
45
41
83
0
0
57
67
$25,000
AND OVER
40,000
202
0
66
34
192
8,082
0
362
209
21
1,243
46
7,677
17
35
927
344
0
0
0
26
40
25
0
CONTINUED .
TABLE 2.14. INCOME: ESTIMATED MONEY INCOME DISTRIBUTION OF HUSBAND-WIFE FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED
OCCUPIED HOUSING UNIT BY INCOME GROUP IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, 1975 (CONTINUED)
65 AND OVER BY
STATE AND
COUNTY
HARDEE
HENDRY
HERNANDO
HIGHLANDS
HILLSBOROUGH
HOLMES
INDIAN RIVER
JACKSON
JEFFERSON
LAFAYETTE
I. LAKE
LEE
LEON
LEVY
LIBERTY
MADISON
MANATEE
MARION
MARTIN
MONROE
NASSAU
OKALOOSA
OKEECHOBEE
ORANGE
OSCEOLA
PALM BEACH
PASCO
$2,000
UNDER TO
TOTAL $2,000 $2,999
589
399
3,633
5,063
19,590
802
3,664
1,830
349
108
9,371
17,004
2,140
762
165
627
17,898
6,058
5,762
2,292
779
1,223
620
13,271
2,927
36,448
20,663
$3,000
TO
$4,999
65
16
283
385
1,352
105
286
210
29
11
731
952
54
87
32
62
1,342
600
277
133
60
94
45
571
345
1,130
2,211
$5,000
TO
$6,999
NUMBER (CONTINUED)
110 111
95 76
817 963
1,083 1,261
3,174 3,546
157 123
616 700
340 359
53 69
19 26
1,668 1,855
2,602 3,435
173 229
123 64
67 19
114 73
3,365 3,723
1,084 1,163
1,054 945
250 309
152 92
197 166
108 180
1,739 2,442
714 533
3,535 4,920
6,116 4,918
SEE FOOTNOTE AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
$7,000
TO
$9,999
125
59
534
1,043
4,114
140
557
401
94
18
2,118
3,877
492
216
27
186
3,419
1,109
1,020
438
145
259
72
2,853
536
7,545
3,699
$10,000
TO
$14,999
49
91
770
846
4,310
144
982
287
65
0
1,734
3,418
610
119
0
88
3,884
1,351
1,429
575
183
281
127
3,318
334
8,128
2,542
$15,000
TO
$24,999
64
51
94
294
1,704
26
315
92
27
0
750
1,700
372
98
0
62
1,486
454
547
277
132
164
75
1,327
240
4,592
599
$25,000
AND OVER
45
0
84
66
1,077
31
154
27
0
27
337
833
175
21
0
0
501
127
380
289
0
24
0
863
167
6,378
124
CONTINUED .
TABLE 2.14. INCOME: ESTIMATED MONEY INCOME DISTRIBUTION OF HUSBAND-WIFE FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER BY
OCCUPIED HOUSING UNIT BY INCOME GROUP IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, 1975 (CONTINUED)
STATE AND
COUNTY
PINELLAS
POLK
PUTNAM
ST. JOHNS
ST. LUCIE
SANTA ROSA
SARASOTA
SEMINOLE
SUMTER
SUWANNEE
TAYLOR
UNION
VOLUSIA
WAKULLA
WALTON
WASHINGTON
FLORIDA
ALACHUA
BAKER
BAY
BRADFORD
BREVARD
BROWARD
CALHOUN
$2,000
UNDER TO
TOTAL $2,000 $2,999
77,391
15,540
2,054
2,135
4,858
1,157
24,765
4,699
1,283
803
578
186
18,201
277
1,043
780
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
3,328
1,212
205
149
428
96
1,263
263
196
87
101
29
1,347
27
136
126
5.1
5.2
5.7
10.2
8.5
6.8
3.0
19.5
$3,00
Ti
$4,991
12,30.
2,64:
39i
32:
1,04
21
3,46
84
21
13
11
2.
3,441
7.
20
18
13..
10.
17.
17.;
12.
17.:
10..
17.
0 $5,000
0 TO
9 $6,999
NUMBER (CONTINUED)
5 16,252
2 3,419
0 339
2 280
0 1,020
4 178
7 3,764
6 987
9 268
8 87
7 161
4 33
0 3,604
3 37
7 280
6 75
PERCENTAGE
8 17.5
7 16.5
5 15.6
B 16.0
9 18.6
2 16.5
4 16.0
9 10.0
SEE FOOTNOTE AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
$7,000
TO
$9,999
18,032
3,046
341
404
942
311
4,879
841
167
126
80
51
3,859
12
146
205
21.1
21.7
28.0
20.6
21.4
16.5
21.8
10.8
$10,000
TO
$14,999
16,639
2,844
423
357
855
123
5,770
977
277
220
28
42
3,713
66
166
37
22.8
20.7
5.4
23.0
17.9
27.2
25.0
26.0
$15,000
TO
$24,999
6,501
1,321
156
167
223
167
3,046
399
83
55
0
0
1,183
48
54
60
10.6
14.9
25.1
7.4
9.7
10.2
12.8
6.2
$25,000
AND OVER
3,870
761
150
408
253
21
2,303
320
0
54
57
0
819
0
0
0
7.6
8.2
0.0
2.3
7.8
3.9
10.4
0.0
CONTINUED .
TABLE 2.14. INCOME: ESTIMATED MONEY INCOME DISTRIBUTION OF HUSBAND-WIFE FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED
OCCUPIED HOUSING UNIT BY INCOME GROUP IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, 1975 (CONTINUED)
$2,000
UNDER TO
TOTAL $2,000 $2,999
$3,000
TO
$4,999
$5,000
TO
$6,999
65 AND OVER BY
$7,000 $10,000 $15,000
TO TO TO
$9,999 $14,999 $24,999
$25,000
AND OVER
PERCENTAGE (CONTINUED)
CHARLOTTE
CITRUS
CLAY
COLLIER
COLUMBIA
DADE
DE SOTO
DIXIE
DUVAL
ESCAMBIA
FLAGLER
FRANKLIN
GADSDEN
GILCHRIST
GLADES
GULF
HAMILTON
HARDEE
HENDRY
HERNANDO
HIGHLANDS
HILLSBOROUGH
HOLMES
INDIAN RIVER
JACKSON
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
SEE FOOTNOTE AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
STATE AND
COUNTY
CONTINUED .
TABLE 2.14. INCOME: ESTIMATED MONEY INCOME DISTRIBUTION OF HUSBAND-WIFE FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER BY
OCCUPIED HOUSING UNIT BY INCOME GROUP IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, 1975 (CONTINUED)
$2,000
UNDER TO
TOTAL $2,000 $2,999
$3,000
TO
$4,999
$5,000
TO
$6,999
$7,000
TO
$9,999
$10,000
TO
$14,999
$15,000
TO
$24,999
$25,000
AND OVER
PERCENTAGE (CONTINUED)
STATE AND
COUNTY
JEFFERSON
LAFAYETTE
LAKE
LEE
LEON
LEVY
LIBERTY
MADISON
MANATEE
MARION
MARTIN
MONROE
NASSAU
OKALOOSA
OKEECHOBEE
ORANGE
OSCEOLA
PALM BEACH
PASCO
PINELLAS
POLK
PUTNAM
ST. JOHNS
18.7
0.0
18.5
20.1
28.5
15.6
0.0
14.1
21.7
22.3
24.8
25.1
23.5
23.0
20.5
25.0
11.4
22.3
12.3
21.5
18.3
20.6
16.7
SEE FOOTNOTE AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
CONTINUED .
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
TABLE 2.14. INCOME: ESTIMATED MONEY INCOME DISTRIBUTION OF HUSBAND-WIFE FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER BY
OCCUPIED HOUSING UNIT BY INCOME GROUP IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, 1975 (CONTINUED)
$2,000
UNDER TO
TOTAL $2,000 $2,999
$3,000
TO
$4,999
$5,000 $7,000 $10,000
TO TO TO
$6,999 $9,999 $14,999
PERCENTAGE (CONTINUED)
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
NOTE: THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FLORIDA TOTALS AND THE AGGREGATE COUNTY TOTALS ARE INHERENT IN THE METHODOLOGY.
SOURCE: U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT POPULATION REPORTS, SERIES P-60, NO. 112. ESTI-
MATED MONEY INCOME DEVELOPED BY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, CENTER FOR GERONTOLOGICAL STUDIES.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
STATE AND
COUNTY
ST. LUCIE
SANTA ROSA
SARASOTA
SEMINOLE
SUMTER
SUWANNEE
TAYLOR
UNION
VOLUSIA
WAKULLA
WALTON
WASHINGTON
$15,000
TO
$24,999
$25,000
AND OVER
Income
TABLE 2.15. INCOME: MEDIAN INCOME IN 1959 AND IN 1969 OF PERSONS AGED 45 AND OVER
IN CURRENT AND CONSTANT (1959) DOLLARS BY SEX AND BY RACE IN FLORIDA
1959 1969
RACE AND MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE
AGE GROUP (IN 1959 DOLLARS) (IN 1969 DOLLARS) (IN 1959 DOLLARS)
ALL RACES
45 TO 49 YEARS 4,242 1,704 8,191 3,324 6,414 {2,603
50 TO 54 YEARS 7,601 3,200 5,952 2,506
55 TO 59 YEARS 3,451 1,243 {6,651 2,916 5,208 {2,283
60 TO 64 YEARS 5,623 1,915 4,403 1,500
65 TO 69 YEARS 2,089 784 {3,759 1,453 2,944 1,138
70 TO 74 YEARS 3,190 1,475 2,498 1,155
75 YEARS AND OVER 1,441 718 2,574 1,350 2,016 1,057
WHITE
45 TO 49 YEARS (NA) (NA) 8,782 3,629 6,877 2,842
50 TO 54 YEARS (NA) (NA) 8,218 3,512 6,435 2,750
55 TO 59 YEARS (NA) (NA) 7,254 3,239 5,680 2,536
60 TO 64 YEARS (NA) (NA) 6,032 2,044 4,724 1,601
65 TO 69 YEARS (NA) (NA) 3,980 1,508 3,117 1,181
70 TO 74 YEARS (NA) (NA) 3,341 1,522 2,616 1,192
75 YEARS AND OVER (NA) (NA) 2,673 1,393 2,093 1,091
BLACK
45 TO 49 YEARS (NA) (NA) 4,232 1,916 3,314 1,500
50 TO 54 YEARS (NA) (NA) 3,891 1,768 3,047 1,384
55 TO 59 YEARS (NA) (NA) 3,580 1,563 2,803 1,224
60 TO 64 YEARS (NA) (NA) 3,061 1,240 2,397 971
65 TO 69 YEARS (NA) (NA) 1,757 981 1,376. 768
70 TO 74 YEARS (NA) (NA) 1,577 904 1,235 708
75 YEARS AND OVER (NA) (NA) 1,318 827 1,032 648
PERSONS OF SPANISH
LANGUAGE 1/
45 TO 49 YEARS (NA) (NA) 6,202 3,224 4,857 2,525
50 TO 54 YEARS (NA) (NA) 5,766 3,046 4,515 2,385
55 TO 59 YEARS (NA) (NA) 5,159 2,513 4,040 1,968
60 TO 64 YEARS (NA) (NA) 4,449 1,220 3,484 955
65 TO 69 YEARS (NA) (NA) 2,770 865 2,169 677
70 TO 74 YEARS (NA) (NA) 2,058 796 1,612 623
75 YEARS AND OVER (NA) (NA) 1,426 721 1,117 565
(NA) NOT AVAILABLE.
1/ INCLUDES PERSONS OF SPANISH MOTHER TONGUE AND ALL OTHER PERSONS IN FAMILIES IN
WHICH THE HEAD OR WIFE REPORTED SPANISH AS HIS OR HER MOTHER TONGUE. MOST OF THESE
PERSONS ARE ALSO IN COLUMNS TITLED "WHITE" AND "BLACK."
SOURCE: U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, 1960 AND 1970 CENSUS
OF POPULATION, AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, STATISTICAL
ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1970.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
Income
TABLE 2.16. MONEY INCOME: ESTIMATED MEAN AND MEDIAN AMOUNTS BY SEX AND BY AGE
GROUP IN FLORIDA, 1975
MONEY INCOME
AGGREGATE ESTIMATED ESTIMATED
SEX AND NUMBER OF (THOUSAND MEAN MEDIAN
AGE GROUP PERSONS DOLLARS) (DOLLARS) (DOLLARS)
BOTH SEXES
TOTAL, ALL AGES 8,485,230 45,736,123 5,390 4,425
O TO 13 YEARS 1,559,727 (X) (X) (X)
14 TO 24 YEARS 1,678,151 5,747,162 3,425 2,572
25 TO 44 YEARS 1,899,590 16,069,039 8,459 7,790
45 TO 64 YEARS 1,833,883 15,253,982 8,318 6,729
14 YEARS AND OVER 6,925,503 45,736,123 6,604 5,422
65 YEARS AND OVER 1,513,879 8,665,940 5,724 4,019
MALE
TOTAL, ALL AGES 4,066,257 29,286,969 7,202 5,905
0 TO 13 YEARS 789,389 (X) (X) (X)
14 TO 24 YEARS 850,273 3,301,610 3,883 2,949
25 TO 44 YEARS 912,245 10,518,185 11,530 10,371
45 TO 64 YEARS 828,202 9,781,066 11,810 9,706
14 YEARS AND OVER 3,276,868 29,286,969 8,937 7,327
65 YEARS AND OVER 686,148 5,686,108 8,287 5,821
FEMALE
TOTAL, ALL AGES 4,418,973 16,449,154 3,722 3,064
0 TO 13 YEARS 770,338 (X) (X) (X)
14 TO 24 YEARS 827,878 2,445,552 2,954 2,184
25 TO 44 YEARS 987,345 5,550,854 5,622 5,406
45 TO 64 YEARS 1,005,681 5,472,916 5,442 4,278
14 YEARS AND OVER 3,648,635 16,449,154 4,508 3,710
65 YEARS AND OVER 827,731 2,979,832 3,600 2,525
(X) NOT APPLICABLE.
SOURCE: 1975 ESTIMATES OF POPULATION FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BUREAU OF
ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH, DIVISION OF POPULATION, POPULATION STUDIES, JUNE
1976. BULLETIN NO. 37. ESTIMATES OF MEAN AND MEDIAN MONEY INCOME DEVELOPED BY
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, CENTER FOR GERONTOLOGICAL STUDIES.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
Income
TABLE 2.17. MONEY INCOME: PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF 1976 HOUSEHOLDS BY AMOUNT
OF 1975 TOTAL MONEY INCOME IN FLORIDA, OTHER SPECIFIED AREAS, AND THE UNITED
STATES
HOUSEHOLD
TOTAL MONEY
INCOME CLASS
ALL HOUSEHOLDS
UNDER $5,000
$5,000 TO $9,999
$10,000 TO $14,999
$15,000 TO $19,999
$20,000 TO $24,999
$25,000 TO $29,999
$30,000 TO $49,999
$50,000 AND OVER
FLORIDA
100.00
22.34
26.39
20.57
13.07
8.16
3.96
4.34
1.17
GEORGIA
100.00
22.19
25.38
18.93
14.26
9.40
5.29
3.56
0.98
SOUTH
ATLANTIC
STATES
100.00
19.82
24.07
20.64
14.42
9.34
5.09
5.27
1.35
CALI-
FORNIA
100.00
16.58
22.44
18.90
15.27
10.31
6.91
7.76
1.84
TEXAS
100.00
19.89
25.42
20.83
14.40
9.05
4.36
4.67
1.41
UNITED
STATES
100.00
18.42
22.31
20.50
15.73
10.11
5.59
5.94
1.41
TABLE 2.18. MONEY INCOME: HOUSEHOLDS IN 1976 BY 1975 TOTAL MONEY INCOME IN FLORIDA
(NUMBERS ROUNDED TO THOUSANDS)
HOUSEHOLD
TOTAL MONEY
INCOME CLASS
ALL HOUSEHOLDS
UNDER $5,000
$5,000 TO $9,999
$10,000 TO $14,999
$15,000 TO $19,999
$20,000 TO $24,999
$25,000 TO $29,999
$30,000 TO $49,999
$50,000 AND OVER
MEDIAN INCOME
(DOLLARS)
MEAN INCOME
(DOLLARS)
MEAN SIZE OF HOUSEHOLD
PER CAPITAL INCOME
(DOLLARS)
TOTAL
OWNER RENTER
TOTAL OCCUPIED OCCUPIED
3,160
706
834
650
413
258
125
137
37
10,292
12,653
2.69
4,705
2,136
401
488
454
317
210
111
117
36
11,890
14,207
2.79
5,086
960
282
328
180
92
45
14
19
1
8,009
9,457
2.49
3,804
INSIDE METROPOLITAN
CITIES
IN OUTSIDE
CENTRAL CENTRAL
TOTAL CITIES CITIES
2,259 840 1,418
483 210 273
595 228 367
443 163 280
308 105 204
198 59 139
92 36 56
108 33 75
31 7 24
10,624
13,105
2.66
4,918
9,576
12,039
2.58
4,670
11,178
13,737
2.72
5,057
SOURCE FOR TABLES 2.17 AND 2.18: U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE
CENSUS, CURRENT POPULATION REPORTS: CONSUMER INCOME--HOUSEHOLD MONEY INCOME IN 1975
(SPRING 1976 SURVEY OF INCOME AND EDUCATION). SERIES P-60, NO. 108.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
OUTSIDE
METRO-
POLITAN
AREAS
902
222
238
207
105
60
33
30
7
9,740
11,519
2.75
4,190
TABLE 2.19. MONEY INCOME: ESTIMATED MEDIAN AMOUNTS FOR FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED
60 AND OVER AND AGED 65 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER
IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, 1975
(IN DOLLARS)
FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED
60 AND OVER
STATE AND ALL FEMALE BLACK
COUNTY
FLORIDA
ALACHUA
BAKER
BAY
BRADFORD
BREVARD
BROWARD
CALHOUN
CHARLOTTE
CITRUS
CLAY
COLLIER
COLUMBIA
DADE
DE SOTO
DIXIE
DUVAL
ESCAMBIA
FLAGLER
FRANKLIN
GADSDEN
GILCHRIST
GLADES
GULF
HAMILTON
HARDEE
HENDRY
HERNANDO
HIGHLANDS
HILLSBOROUGH
HOLMES
INDIAN RIVER
JACKSON
JEFFERSON
FAMILIES HEAD HEAD
9,488
8,626
6,545
7,596
6,164
9,072
10,809
6,358
8,035
6,424
7,708
10,436
7,494
10,944
7,478
5,487
9,695
7,939
7,303
4,734
6,426
6,945
6,276
7,360
6,836
7,806
14,083
7,033
7,525
8,913
5,624
10,127
6,931
6,129
6,316
5,743
4,357
5,057
4,104
6,039
7,195
4,232
5,349
4,277
5,131
6,947
4,988
7,286
4,978
3,653
6,454
5,285
4,861
3,151
4,278
4,623
4,178
4,899
4,551
5,196
9,375
4,681
5,009
5,933
3,743
6,742
4,614
4,080
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
2.00
Income
AGED 65 AND OVER
FAMILIES UN-
WITH WITH RELATED
ALL FEMALE BLACK INDI-
FAMILIES HEAD HEAD VIDUALS
8,571 6,220 5,036 3,635
7,793 5,655 4,579 3,305
5,912 4,291 3,474 2,507
6,862 4,980 4,032 2,910
5,569 4,041 3,272 2,362
8,196 5,948 4,815 3,476
9,764 7,086 5,737 4,141
5,743 4,168 3,375 2,436
7,259 5,268 4,265 3,078
5,803 4,212 3,410 2,461
6,963 5,053 4,091 2,953
9,427 6,841 5,539 3,998
6,769 4,913 3,977 2,871
9,887 7,175 5,809 4,193
6,756 4,903 3,969 2,865
4,957 3,597 2,912 2,102
8,758 6,356 5,146 3,714
7,171 5,204 4,214 3,041
6,597 4,788 3,876 2,798
4,276 3,103 2,512 1,814
5,805 4,213 3,411 2,462
6,274 4,553 3,686 2,661
5,670 4,115 3,331 2,405
6,649 4,825 3,906 2,820
6,175 4,482 3,628 2,619
7,051 5,117 4,143 2,991
12,722 9,232 7,475 5,395
6,353 4,610 3,733 2,694
6,798 4,933 3,994 2,883
8,052 5,843 4,731 3,415
5,080 3,687 2,985 2,154
9,149 6,639 5,375 3,880
6,261 4,544 3,679 2,655
5,537 4,018 3,253 2,348
2.00 Income
TABLE 2.19. MONEY INCOME: ESTIMATED MEDIAN AMOUNTS FOR FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED
60 AND OVER AND AGED 65 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER
IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, 1975 (CONTINUED)
(IN DOLLARS)
AGED 65 AND OVER
FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED FAMILIES UN-
60 AND OVER WITH WITH RELATED
STATE AND ALL FEMALE BLACK ALL FEMALE BLACK INDI-
COUNTY FAMILIES HEAD HEAD FAMILIES HEAD HEAD VIDUALS
LAFAYETTE
LAKE
LEE
LEON
LEVY
LIBERTY
MADISON
MANATEE
MARION
MARTIN
MONROE
NASSAU
OKALOOSA
OKEECHOBEE
ORANGE
OSCEOLA
PALM BEACH
PASCO
PINELLAS
POLK
PUTNAM
ST. JOHNS
ST. LUCIE
SANTA ROSA
SARASOTA
SEMINOLE
SUMTER
SUWANNEE
TAYLOR
UNION
VOLUSIA
WAKULLA
WALTON
WASHINGTON
6,681
8,678
8,676
8,516
5,934
5,368
6,095
8,751
7,342
9,723
8,922
6,648
7,357
6,087
9,934
6,784
11,175
6,791
9,953
8,719
6,675
8,495
7,803
7,504
11,572
7,599
6,269
7,433
7,655
5,207
8,635
5,751
6,222
6,037
SOURCE: COUNTY ESTIMATED MEDIANS DEVELOPED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, CENTER
FOR GERONTOLOGICAL STUDIES. STATE FIGURES FROM U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU
OF THE CENSUS, SURVEY OF INCOME AND EDUCATION, SPRING 1976.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
4,447
5,777
5,775
5,669
3,950
3,574
4,057
5,825
4,887
6,473
5,939
4,426
4,897
4,052
6,613
4,516
7,439
4,520
6,625
5,804
4,443
5,655
5,194
4,995
7,703
5,058
4,173
4,948
5,096
3,466
5,748
3,828
4,142
4,019
3,546 2,559
4,606 3,325
4,605 3,324
4,520 3,263
3,150 2,273
2,849 2,057
3,235 2,335
4,645 3,353
3,897 2,813
5,161 3,725
4,735 3,418
3,529 2,547
3,905 2,819
3,231 2,332
5,273 3,806
3,601 2,599
5,931 4,281
3,604 2,602
5,283 3,813
4,628 3,340
3,543 2,557
4,509 3,254
4,142 2,989
3,983 2,875
6,142 4,433
4,033 2,911
3,327 2,402
3,945 2,848
4,063 2,933
2,764 1,995
4,583 3,308
3,052 2,203
3,303 2,384
3,204 2,313
4,251 6,035 4,380
5,522 7,839 5,689
5,521 7,837 5,688
5,420 7,693 5,583
3,776 5,360 3,890
3,416 4,849 3,519
3,879 5,506 3,996
5,569 7,905 5,737
4,672 6,632 4,813
6,188 8,784 6,374
5,678 8,059 5,849
4,231 6,006 4,358
4,682 6,646 4,823
3,873 5,498 3,990
6,322 8,974 6,512
4,317 6,128 4,447
7,112 10,095 7,326
4,321 6,134 4,452
6,334 8,991 6,525
5,548 7,876 5,716
4,248 6,030 4,376
5,406 7,674 5,569
4,966 7,049 5,115
4,775 6,779 4,919
7,364 10,453 7,586
4,836 6,865 4,982
3,989 5,663 4,110
4,730 6,715 4,873
4,871 6,915 5,018
3,314 4,704 3,414
5,495 7,800 5,661
3,660 5,195 3,770
3,960 5,621 4,079
3,842 5,454 3,958
TABLE 2.20. INCOME: FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 60 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND OVER AND FAMILIES
WITH HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER BY INCOME GROUP IN 1969 AND BY
SPECIFIED CHARACTERISTICS IN FLORIDA, 1970
TOTAL
ALL FAMILIES
MALE HEAD
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
NOT IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
ALL UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
MALE
FEMALE
WHITE FAMILIES
MALE HEAD
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
NOT IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
WHITE UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
MALE
FEMALE
529,984
481,185
467,008
80,237
14,177
48,799
11,914
7,689
36,885
29,733
310,349
87,780
222,569
489,143
451,629
439,928
69,901
11,701
37,514
8,628
5,587
28,886
23,119
276,932
73,535
203,397
LESS THAN
$3,000
120,739
104,493
100,839
7,306
3,654
16,246
2,161
1,406
14,085
11,432
207,085
53,709
153,376
102,318
92,388
89,909
4,744
2,479
9,930
776
500
9,154
7,413
177,592
42,055
135,537
INCOME LEVEL
$3,000 TO $5,000 TO $7,000 TO $10,000 TO
$4,999 $6,999 $9,999 $14,999
AGED 60 AND OVER
115,927
106,298
103,582
12,096
2,716
9,629
2,260
1,524
7,369
5,781
48,971
15,433
33,538
106,322
99,026
96,820
9,329
2,206
7,296
1,428
969
5,868
4,523
46,376
13,684
32,692
84,682
77,424
75,241
13,646
2,183
7,258
1,940
1,257
5,318
4,319
23,139
7,600
15,539
81,604
74,717
72,393
16,636
2,324
6,887
2,236
1,431
4,651
3,753
15,379
5,247
10,132
79,210 77,664
73,132 71,571
71,256 69,519
11,669 15,095
1,876 2,052
6,078 6,093
1,518 1,900
1,003 1,270
4,560 4,193
3,686 3,345
22,400 14,996
7,079 5,026
15,321 9,970
67,101
61,735
59,912
16,827
1,823
5,366
1,993
1,226
3,373
2,734
9,198
3,157
6,041
64,742
59,836
58,179
15,842
1,657
4,906
1,769
1,059
3,137
2,529
9,096
3,116
5,980
$15,000
AND OVER
59,931
56,518
55,041
13,726
1,477
3,413
1,324
845
2,089
1,714
6,577
2,634
3,943
58,887
55,676
54,245
13,222
1,431
3,211
1,237
786
1,974
1,623
6,472
2,575
3,897
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 2.20. INCOME: FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 60 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND OVER AND FAMILIES
WITH HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER BY INCOME GROUP IN 1969 AND BY
SPECIFIED CHARACTERISTICS IN FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
INCOME LEVEL
LESS THAN $3,000 TO $5,000 TO $7,000 TO $10,000 TO $15,000
ITEM TOTAL $3,000 $4,999 $6,999 $9,999 $14,999 AND OVER
AGED 60 AND OVER (CONTINUED)
BLACK FAMILIES 39,796 18,083 9,342 5,303 3,847 2,247 974
MALE HEAD 28,638 11,825 7,023 4,145 3,065 1,801 779
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 26,211 10,666 6,513 3,850 2,793 1,645 744
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 10,187 2,549 2,716 1,944 1,528 956 494
OTHER MALE HEAD 2,427 1,159 510 295 272 156 35
FEMALE HEAD 11,158 6,258 2,319 1,158 782 446 195
IN LABOR FORCE 3,258 1,380 832 416 336 214 80
WIDOWED 2,085 906 555 254 161 157 52
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 7,900 4,878 1,487 742 446 232 115
WIDOWED 6,526 3,972 1,244 622 396 201 91
BLACK UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 32,590 28,854 2,516 672 367 102 79
MALE 13,934 11,400 1,730 493 221 41 49
FEMALE 18,656 17,454 786 179 146 61 30
URBAN FAMILIES 422,976 86,512 89,726 68,496 68,171 57,228 52,843
MALE HEAD 382,268 73,796 81,770 62,284 62,157 52,441 49,820
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 371,170 71,258 79,727 60,483 60,249 50,893 48,560
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 64,958 4,982 8,887 10,888 13,739 14,422 12,040
OTHER MALE HEAD 11,098 2,538 2,043 1,801 1,908 1,548 1,260
FEMALE HEAD 40,708 12,716 7,956 6,212 6,014 4,787 3,023
IN LABOR FORCE 10,090 1,731 1,881 1,646 1,940 1,714 1,178
WIDOWED 6,384 1,081 1,261 1,059 1,219 1,011 753
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 30,618 10,985 6,075 4,566 4,074 3,073 1,845
WIDOWED 24,473 8,831 4,724 3,712 3,221 2,478 1,507
URBAN UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 264,373 171,985 43,221 20,792 13,889 8,361 6,125
MALE 72,324 42,800 13,101 6,624 4,577 2,810 2,412
FEMALE 192,049 129,185 30,120 14,168 9,312 5,551 3,713
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 2.20. INCOME: FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 60 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND OVER AND FAMILIES
WITH HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER BY INCOME GROUP IN 1969 AND BY
SPECIFIED CHARACTERISTICS IN FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
INCOME LEVEL
LESS THAN $3,000 TO $5,000 TO $7,000 TO $10,000 TO $15,000
ITEM TOTAL $3,000 $4,999 $6,999 $9,999 $14,999 AND OVER
AGED 60 AND OVER (CONTINUED)
RURAL NONFARM FAMILIES 100,725 32,197 25,043 15,334 12,513 9,127 6,511
MALE HEAD 93,142 28,891 23,407 14,379 11,724 8,595 6,146
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 90,283 27,870 22,768 14,031 11,338 8,327 5,949
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 14,098 2,126 2,989 2,587 2,702 2,193 1,501
OTHER MALE HEAD 2,859 1,021 639 348 386 268 197
FEMALE HEAD 7,583 3,306 1,636 955 789 532 365
IN LABOR FORCE 1,699 407 368 267 272 255 130
WIDOWED 1,209 306 257 176 197 197 76
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 5,884 2,899 1,268 688 517 277 235
WIDOWED 4,924 2,431 1,031 554 477 233 198
RURAL NONFARM UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 44,194 33,869 5,492 2,252 1,392 777 412
MALE 14,780 10,433 2,211 961 652 323 200
FEMALE 29,414 23,436 3,281 1,291 740 454 212
RURAL FARM FAMILIES 6,283 2,030 1,158 852 920 746 577
MALE HEAD 5,775 1,806 1,121 761 836 699 552
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 5,555 1,711 1,087 727 806 692 532
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 1,181 198 220 171 195 212 185
OTHER MALE HEAD 220 95 34 34 30 7 20
FEMALE HEAD 508 224 37 91 84 47 25
IN LABOR FORCE 125 23 11 27 24 24 16
WIDOWED 96 19 6 22 15 18 16
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 383 201 26 64 60 23 9
WIDOWED 336 170 26 53 55 23 9
RURAL FARM UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 1,782 1,231 258 95 98 60 40
MALE 676 476 121 15 18 24 22
FEMALE 1,106 755 137 80 80 36 18
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 2.20. INCOME: FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 60 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND OVER AND FAMILIES M
WITH HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER BY INCOME GROUP IN 1969 AND BY 8
SPECIFIED CHARACTERISTICS IN FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
INCOME LEVEL
LESS THAN $3,000 TO $5,000 TO $7,000 TO $10,000 TO $15,000
ITEM TOTAL $3,000 $4,999 $6,999 $9,999 $14,999 AND OVER
AGED 65 AND OVER
ALL FAMILIES 383,670 100,343 94,706 61,573 53,043 39,027 34,978
MALE HEAD 348,657 87,916 87,831 56,437 48,340 35,540 32,593
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 337,968 84,986 85,589 54,842 46,757 34,257 31,537
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 41,064 4,679 7,813 8,191 8,260 6,928 5,193
OTHER MALE HEAD 10,689 2,930 2,242 1,595 1,583 1,283 1,056
FEMALE HEAD 35,013 12,427 6,875 5,136 4,703 3,487 2,385
IN LABOR FORCE 5,215 978 1,051 880 896 770 640
WIDOWED 3,550 709 740 591 553 509 448
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 29,798 11,449 5,824 4,256 3,807 2,717 1,745
WIDOWED 24,571 9,555 4,655 3,542 3,107 2,296 1,416
a} ALL UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 248,796 174,955 36,824 15,953 10,236 6,109 4,719
MALE 70,204 45,733 11,805 5,165 3,615 2,062 1,824
FEMALE 178,592 129,222 25,019 10,788 6,621 4,047 2,895
WHITE FAMILIES 357,778 86,764 88,718 58,579 51,196 38,045 34,476
MALE HEAD 330,313 78,804 83,312 54,239 46,940 34,779 32,239
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 321,339 76,793 81,424 52,845 45,511 33,575 31,191
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 35,764 3,008 6,302 7,199 7,674 6,586 4,995
OTHER MALE HEAD 8,974 2,011 1,888 1,394 1,429 1,204 1,048
FEMALE HEAD 27,465 7,960 5,406 4,340 4,256 3,266 2,237
IN LABOR FORCE 3,793 335 680 705 769 716 588
WIDOWED 2,594 233 505 480 495 470 411
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 23,672 7,625 4,726 3,635 3,487 2,550 1,649
WIDOWED 19,358 6,340 3,730 2,992 2,812 2,140 1,344
WHITE UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 224,782 152,742 35,619 15,643 10,060 6,057 4,661
MALE 60,092 36,752 11,041 4,966 3,500 2,038 1,795
FEMALE 164,690 115,990 24,578 10,677 6,560 4,019 2,866
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 2.20. INCOME: FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 60 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND OVER AND FAMILIES
WITH HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER BY INCOME GROUP IN 1969 AND BY
SPECIFIED CHARACTERISTICS IN FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
INCOME LEVEL
LESS THAN $3,000 TO $5,000 TO $7,000 TO $10,000 TO $15,000
ITEM TOTAL $3,000 $4,999 $6,999 $9,999 $14,999 AND OVER
AGED 65 AND OVER (CONTINUED)
BLACK FAMILIES 25,119 13,278 5,765 2,886 1,788 938 464
MALE HEAD 17,685 8,864 4,310 2,112 1,353 723 323
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 15,998 7,961 3,956 1,917 1,199 644 321
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 5,217 1,663 1,465 980 586 330 193
OTHER MALE HEAD 1,687 903 354 195 154 79 2
FEMALE HEAD 7,434 4,414 1,455 774 435 215 141
IN LABOR FORCE 1,407 643 371 169 127 52 45
WIDOWED 947 476 235 111 58 37 30
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 6,027 3,771 1,084 605 308 163 96
WIDOWED 5,125 3,168 911 539 283 152 72
BLACK UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 23,333 21,689 1,135 259 166 52 32
MALE 9,865 8,776 750 181 115 24 19
FEMALE 13,468 12,913 385 78 51 28 13
URBAN FAMILIES 307,910 72,796 74,424 50,595 45,206 33,753 31,136
MALE HEAD 278,652 63,069 68,678 46,167 41,078 30,611 29,049
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 270,156 61,017 66,939 44,825 39,728 29,493 28,154
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 33,179 3,242 5,799 6,632 7,025 5,968 4,513
OTHER MALE HEAD 8,496 2,052 1,739 1,342 1,350 1,118 895
FEMALE HEAD 29,258 9,727 5,746 4,428 4,128 3,142 2,087
IN LABOR FORCE 4,425 818 908 738 769 644 548
WIDOWED 3,011 593 653 500 460 418 387
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 24,833 8,909 4,838 3,690 3,359 2,498 1,539
WIDOWED 20,324 7,394 3,826 3,066 2,700 2,091 1,247
URBAN UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 212,363 146,044 32,607 14,425 9,313 5,534 4,440
MALE 58,018 36,614 10,056 4,576 3,209 1,859 1,704
FEMALE 154,345 109,430 22,551 9,849 6,104 3,675 2,736
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 2.20. INCOME: FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 60 AND OVER AND
WITH HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED
SPECIFIED CHARACTERISTICS IN FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND OVER AND FAMILIES
65 AND OVER BY INCOME GROUP IN 1969 AND BY
INCOME LEVEL
LESS THAN $3,000 TO $5,000 TO $7,000 TO $10,000 TO
TOTAL $3,000 $4,999 $6,999 $9,999 $14,999
AGED 65 AND OVER (CONTINUED)
$15,000
AND OVER
RURAL NONFARM FAMILIES
MALE HEAD
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
NOT IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
S RURAL NONFARM UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
MALE
FEMALE
RURAL FARM FAMILIES
MALE HEAD
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
NOT IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
RURAL FARM UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
MALE
FEMALE
71,889
66,502
64,463
7,356
2,039
5,387
727
487
4,660
3,962
35,120
11,669
23,451
3,871
3,503
3,349
529
154
368
63
52
305
285
1,313
517
796
SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
26,079
23,569
22,761
1,343
808
2,510
145
101
2,365
2,001
27,975
8,741
19,234
1,468
1,278
1,208
94
70
190
15
15
175
160
936
378
558
19,561
18,464
17,988
1,901
476
1,097
132
81
965
808
4,020
1,660
2,360
721
689
662
113
27
32
11
6
21
21
197
89
108
10,506 7,308 4,911
9,843 6,777 4,601
9,613 6,556 4,443
1,468 1,146 902
230 221 158
663 531 310
138 124 112
87 90 83
525 407 198
435 371 184
1,477 872 519
581 396 183
896 476 336
472 529 363
427 485 328
404 473 321
91 89 58
23 12 7
45 44 35
4 3 14
4 3 8
41 41 21
41 36 21
51 51 56
8 10 20
43 41 36
THE CENSUS, 1970 CENSUS OF POPULATION.
3,524
3,248
3,102
596
146
276
76
45
200
163
257
108
149
318
296
281
84
15
22
16
16
6
6
22
12
10
_ __ C
TABLE 2.25. INCOME: FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 60 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND
HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER BY INCOME GROUP IN 1969 IN
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSAS) IN FLORIDA, 1970
INCOME LEVEL
LESS THAN $3,000 TO $5,000 TO
TOTAL $3,000 $4,999 $6,999
OVER AND FAMILIES WITH
SPECIFIED STANDARD
$7,000 TO $10,000 TO $15,000
$9,999 $14,999 AND OVER
AGED 60 AND OVER
FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD SMSA
FAMILIES
MALE HEAD
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
NOT IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
MALE
FEMALE
JACKSONVILLE SMSA
FAMILIES
MALE HEAD
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
NOT IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
MALE
FEMALE
63,966
60,036
58,776
8,458
1,260
3,930
930
572
3,000
2,362
29,152
7,632
21,520
22,364
18,593
17,805
4,752
788
3,771
1,045
666
2,726
2,309
15,807
4,136
11,671
9,305
8,517
8,302
454
215
788
84
56
704
573
16,292
3,531
12,761
5,324
3,946
3,720
390
226
1,378
180
112
1,198
1,004
11,155
2,682
8,473
12,144
11,422
11,223
918
199
722
168
104
554
444
5,214
1,567
3,647
4,083
3,270
3,125
664
145
813
268
167
545
451
2,295
623
1,672
10,730
10,144
9,923
1,522
221
586
116
70
470
381
3,011
928
2,083
3,234
2,664
2,537
582
127
570
158
110
412
361
1,095
374
721
11,817
10,926
10,647
1,875
279
891
252
148
639
492
2,060
700
1,360
3,533
3,072
2,952
956
120
461
170
122
291
242
737
223
514
10,028
9,526
9,333
2,051
193
502
147
79
355
261
1,402
491
911
3,538
3,196
3,089
1,306
107
342
173
107
129
161
303
143
160
9,942
9,501
9,348
1,638
153
441
163
115
278
211
1,173
415
758
2,652
2,445
2,382
854
63
207
96
48
111
90
222
91
131
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 2.25. INCOME: FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 60 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND OVER-AND FAMILIES WITH
HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER BY INCOME GROUP IN 1969 IN SPECIFIED STANDARD
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSAS) IN FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
INCOME LEVEL
LESS THAN $3,000 TO $5,000 TO $7,000 TO $10,000 TO $15,000
ITEM TOTAL $3,000 $4,999 $6,999 $9,999 $14,999 AND OVER
AGED 60 AND OVER (CONTINUED)
MIAMI SMSA
FAMILIES 85,209 16,976 15,305 12,699 13,885 12,743 13,453
MALE HEAD 76,427 14,506 13,662 11,413 12,618 11,643 12,585
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 74,036 14,072 13,308 11,000 12,159 11,287 12,210
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 15,991 971 1,709 2,541 3,311 3,722 3,737
OTHER MALE HEAD 2,391 434 354 413 459 761 375
FEMALE HEAD 8,782 2,470 1,643 1,286 1,267 1,100 868
IN LABOR FORCE 2,432 283 425 394 520 331 321
WIDOWED 1,524 177 285 235 337 116 216
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 6,350 2,187 1,218 892 747 759 547
WIDOWED 4,821 1,582 901 660 594 629 455
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 58,471 37,648 9,389 4,793 3,164 2,020 1,457
MALE 17,882 10,337 3,258 1,596 1,196 788 707
FEMALE 40,589 27,311 6,131 3,197 1,968 1,232 750
ORLANDO SMSA
FAMILIES 22,003 4,553 4,907 3,602 3,523 3,014 2,404
MALE HEAD 19,458 3,812 4,337 3,249 3,117 2,684 2,259
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 18,854 3,704 4,191 3,104 3,028 2,612 2,215
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 4,631 412 841 755 894 987 742
OTHER MALE HEAD 604 108 146 145 89 72 44
FEMALE HEAD 2,545 741 570 353 406 330 145
IN LABOR FORCE 653 110 120 107 132 131 53
WIDOWED 419 66 68 73 102 77 33
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 1,892 631 450 246 274 199 92
WIDOWED 1,561 531 378 185 222 171 74
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 13,976 9,203 2,055 1,202 750 401 365
MALE 3,487 2,120 567 296 233 150 121
FEMALE 10,489 7,083 1,488 906 517 251 244
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 2.25. INCOME: FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 60 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND
HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER BY INCOME GROUP IN 1969 IN
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSAS) IN FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
INCOME LEVEL
LESS THAN $3,000 TO $5,000 TO $7,000 TO
ITEM TOTAL $3,000 $4,999 $6,999 $9,999
AGED 60 AND OVER (CONTINUED)
TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG SMSA
FAMILIES
MALE HEAD
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
NOT IN LABOR FORCE
O WIDOWED
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
MALE
FEMALE
WEST PALM BEACH SMSA
FAMILIES
MALE HEAD
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE
OTHER MALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD
IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
NOT IN LABOR FORCE
WIDOWED
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
MALE
FEMALE
100,688
92,271
89,832
12,456
2,439
8,417
1,681
1,077
6,736
5,402
67,026
18,167
48,859
32,184
29,833
29,061
5,035
772
2,351
575
366
1,776
1,445
18,575
5,052
13,523
19,807
17,332
16,864
1,017
468
2,475
272
149
2,203
1,842
44,561
11,304
33,257
5,378
4,623
4,404
443
219
755
93
66
662
512
11,049
2,687
8,362
24,939
23,163
22,684
1,810
479
1,776
329
253
1,447
1,098
11,507
3,418
8,089
5,953
5,572
5,425
658
147
381
97
58
284
223
3,321
912
2,409
18,375
16,896
16,439
2,266
457
1,479
318
209
1,161
991
5,019
1,602
3,417
4,814
4,480
4,393
792
87
334
95
67
239
189
1,608
565
1,043
16,700
15,500
15,031
3,057
469
1,200
300
183
900
692
3,160
971
2,189
5,348
5,005
4,913
1,084
92
343
113
71
230
204
1,001
355
646
OVER AND FAMILIES WITH
SPECIFIED STANDARD
$10,000 TO $15,000
$14,999 AND OVER
12,176
11,180
10,840
2,498
340
996
309
189
687
522
1,809
526
1,283
4,631
4,301
4,191
1,084
110
330
108
62
222
187
721
200
521
8,691
8,200
7,974
1,808
226
491
153
94
338
257
970
346
624
6,060
5,852
5,735
974
117
208
69
42
139
130
875
333
542
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 2.25. INCOME: FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 60 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND OVER AND FAMILIES WITH
HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER BY INCOME GROUP IN 1969 IN SPECIFIED STANDARD
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSAS) IN FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
INCOME LEVEL
LESS THAN $3,000 TO $5,000 TO $7,000 TO $10,000 TO $15,000
ITEM TOTAL $3,000 $4,999 $6,999 $9,999 $14,999 AND OVER
AGED 65 AND OVER
FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD SMSA
FAMILIES 47,304 7,860 10,356 8,213 8,254 6,336 6,285
MALE HEAD 44,478 7,249 9,803 7,783 7,650 6,022 5,971
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 43,519 7,069 9,634 7,622 7,445 5,888 5,861
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 4,502 276 672 968 1,089 881 616
OTHER MALE HEAD 959 180 169 161 205 134 110
FEMALE HEAD 2,826 611 553 430 604 314 314
IN LABOR FORCE 376 28 110 31 98 43 66
WIDOWED 234 16 71 18 54 26 49
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 2,450 583 443 399 506 271 248
. WIDOWED 1,925 471 345 323 388 209 189
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 22,969 13,653 3,906 2,148 1,402 1,038 822
MALE 6,138 3,106 1,226 693 470 353 290
FEMALE 16,831 10,547 2,680 1,455 932 685 532
JACKSONVILLE SMSA
FAMILIES 13,801 4,169 2,962 2,061 1,908 1,572 1,129
MALE HEAD 11,216 3,192 2,429 1,636 1,562 1,407 990
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 10,688 3,016 2,334 1,566 1,493 1,337 942
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 2,191 261 396 384 424 508 218
OTHER MALE HEAD 528 176 95 70 69 70 48
FEMALE HEAD 2,585 977 533 425 346 165 139
IN LABOR FORCE 469 69 117 91 88 56 48
WIDOWED 304 44 77 76 57 31 19
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 2,116 908 416 334 258 109 91
WIDOWED 1,816 789 351 289 212 105 70
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 11,830 8,987 1,586 549 416 168 124
MALE 2,977 2,165 411 167 116 76 42
FEMALE 8,853 6,822 1,175 382 300 92 82
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 2.25. INCOME: FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 60 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND OVER AND FAMILIES WITH
HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER BY INCOME GROUP IN 1969 IN SPECIFIED STANDARD
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSAS) IN FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
INCOME LEVEL
LESS THAN $3,000 TO $5,000 TO $7,000 TO $10,000 TO $15,000
ITEM TOTAL $3,000 $4,999 $6,999 $9,999 $14,999 AND OVER
AGED 65 AND OVER (CONTINUED)
MIAMI SMSA
FAMILIES 59,885 14,249 12,500 9,114 8,872 7,241 7,909
MALE HEAD 53,860 12,368 11,316 8,286 8,074 6,477 7,339
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 52,088 12,056 11,007 7,995 7,764 6,200 7,066
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 7,959 584 1,052 1,538 1,667 1,556 1,562
OTHER MALE HEAD 1,772 312 309 291 310 277 273
FEMALE HEAD 6,025 1,881 1,184 828 798 764 570
IN LABOR FORCE 1,018 165 197 182 180 153 141
WIDOWED 670 115 129 106 115 96 109
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 5,007 1,716 987 646 618 611 429
WIDOWED 3,948 1,312 754 505 512 509 356
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 45,802 31,568 6,942 3,134 1,967 1,209 982
MALE 13,819 8,646 2,442 1,062 810 422 437
FEMALE 31,983 22,922 4,500 2,072 1,157 787 545
ORLANDO SMSA
FAMILIES 14,976 3,734 3,797 2,592 2,088 1,599 1,166
MALE HEAD 13,138 3,142 3,401 2,300 1,813 1,400 1,082
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 12,692 3,065 3,266 2,207 1,744 1,361 1,049
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 2,355 248 588 445 420 421 233
OTHER MALE HEAD 446 77 135 93 69 39 33
FEMALE HEAD 1,838 592 396 292 275 199 84
IN LABOR FORCE 298 69 54 66 52 48 9
WIDOWED 198 43 36 36 41 33 9
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 1,540 523 342 226 223 151 75
WIDOWED 1,287 444 290 173 176 147 57
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 10,987 7,663 1,487 840 481 264 252
MALE 2,665 1,731 435 185 126 109 79
FEMALE 8,322 5,932 1,052 655 355 155 173
CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 2.25. INCOME: FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 60 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND OVER AND FAMILIES WITH M
HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER BY INCOME GROUP IN 1969 IN SPECIFIED STANDARD
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSAS) IN FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
INCOME LEVEL
LESS THAN $3,000 TO $5,000 TO $7,000 TO $10,000 TO $15,000
ITEM TOTAL $3,000 $4,999 $6,999 $9,999 $14,999 AND OVER
AGED 65 AND OVER (CONTINUED)
TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG SMSA
FAMILIES 77,503 17,347 21,422 14,283 11,452 7,710 5,289
MALE HEAD 71,017 15,343 20,054 13,154 10,565 6,982 4,919
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 69,065 14,942 19,626 12,802 10,232 6,724 4,739
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 6,480 695 1,207 1,386 1,541 977 674
OTHER MALE HEAD 1,952 401 428 352 333 258 180
FEMALE HEAD 6,486 2,004 1,368 1,129 887 728 370
IN LABOR FORCE 712 112 166 107 132 127 68
WIDOWED 520 78 137 76 77 91 61
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 5,774 1,892 1,202 1,022 755 601 302
Ao WIDOWED 4,721 1,620 927 889 588 473 224
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 55,999 38,969 8,924 3,736 2,284 1,330 756
MALE 15,501 10,113 2,806 1,197 713 397 275
FEMALE 40,498 28,856 6,118 2,539 1,571 933 481
WEST PALM BEACH SMSA
FAMILIES 23,736 4,434 4,922 3,588 3,833 2,929 4,030
MALE HEAD 22,061 3,869 4,658 3,344 3,592 2,721 3,877
MARRIED, WIFE PRESENT 21,435 3,687 4,546 3,272 3,515 2,630 3,785
WIFE IN LABOR FORCE 2,740 296 416 520 612 514 382
OTHER MALE HEAD 626 182 112 72 77 91 92
FEMALE HEAD 1,675 565 264 244 241 208 153
IN LABOR FORCE 236 37 42 46 35 32 44
WIDOWED 155 30 24 34 23 17 27
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 1,439 528 222 198 206 176 109
WIDOWED 1,166 396 175 157 185 153 100
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS 15,067 9,469 2,559 1,173 728 465 673
MALE 4,030 2,242 696 416 281 131 264
FEMALE 11,037 7,227 1,863 757 447 334 409
SOURCE: U.S.,DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, 1970 CENSUS OF POPULATION.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
2.00 Income
TABLE 2.32. PERSONAL INCOME: TRANSFER PAYMENTS BY TYPE AND RATIOS TO TOTAL
PERSONAL INCOME IN FLORIDA, OTHER MOST POPULOUS STATES, AND THE UNITED
STATES, 1970 AND 1975
(AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS; RATIO: U.S. = 100)
TOTAL TRANSFER PUBLIC UNEMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT
PAYMENTS ASSISTANCE 1/ COMPENSATION 2/ AND OTHER 3/
STATE AMOUNT RATIO AMOUNT RATIO AMOUNT RATIO AMOUNT RATIO
FLORIDA 7,985 123 570 71 472 71 6,943 138
CALIFORNIA 20,082 104 3,109 130 2,000 101 14,973 100
NEW YORK 18,010 110 2,852 140 2,147 127 13,011 102
TEXAS 7,761 81 768 65 299 31 6,694 91
PENNSYLVANIA 10,882 111 1,214 101 1,296 130 8,312 111
ILLINOIS 8,959 86 1,344 104 917 86 6,698 83
OHIO 7,955 92 889 83 865 97 6,201 92
MICHIGAN 7,607 97 1,058 112 1,364 170 5,158 85
NEW JERSEY 6,459 95 754 90 1,130 162 4,576 87
MASSACHUSETTS 5,760 118 902 149 838 168 4,020 107
UNITED STATES 173,778 100 21,503 100 17,804 100 134,471 100
1/ FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL DIRECT RELIEF (INCLUDING SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME
PAYMENTS), FOOD STAMP PAYMENTS, AND SEVERAL OTHER RELIEF PROGRAMS, SUCH AS REFUGEE
ASSISTANCE.
2/ PAYMENTS THROUGH STATE, FEDERAL, AND RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS.
3/ INCLUDES RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY PAYMENTS MADE THROUGH SOCIAL SECURITY PRO-
GRAMS AND THROUGH RAILROAD, MILITARY, AND FEDERAL CIVILIAN RETIREMENT PROGRAMS; MED-
ICARE; EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS AND OTHERS; AND MISCELLANEOUS TRANSFERS,
SUCH AS BUSINESS TRANSFER PAYMENTS.
TABLE 2.33. PERSONAL INCOME: RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY PAYMENTS, AMOUNTS AND
RATIOS TO TOTAL PERSONAL INCOME, AND NUMBER OF PERSONS 65 YEARS OF AGE AND
OVER IN FLORIDA, SPECIFIED STATES, AND THE UNITED STATES, 1975
RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY PAYMENTS 1/
RATIO TO POPULATION 65
AMOUNT TOTAL PER- RANK IN YEARS AND OVER
(MILLIONS SONAL INCOME UNITED NUMBER PERCENTAGE
STATE OF DOLLARS) (U.S. = 100) STATES (1,000) OF TOTAL
FLORIDA 6,943 138 2 1,347 16.1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1,008 170 (X) 71 10.0
WEST VIRGINIA 1,357 142 1 211 11.7
MAINE 713 131 3 125 11.8
ARKANSAS 1,295 124 4 271 12.8
RHODE ISLAND 725 124 4 113 12.2
MISSISSIPPI 1,238 121 5 253 10.8
VERMONT 297 119 6 52 11.0
ALABAMA 2,079 116 7 378 10.4
OKLAHOMA 1,734 114 8 334 12.3
UNITED STATES 134,471 100 (X) 22,400 10.5
(X) NOT APPLICABLE. 1/ INCLUDES PAYMENTS MADE THROUGH SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
AND THROUGH RAILROAD, MILITARY, AND FEDERAL CIVILIAN RETIREMENT PROGRAMS; MED-
CARE; EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS AND OTHERS; AND MISCELLANEOUS TRANSFERS,
SUCH AS BUSINESS TRANSFER PAYMENTS.
SOURCE FOR TABLES 2.32 AND 2.33: U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF ECONOM-
IC ANALYSIS, SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, MAY 1977.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
TABLE 2.40. INCOME: PERSONS IN FAMILIES AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER BY POVERTY STATUS IN 1969 AND
BY RATIO OF FAMILY INCOME TO POVERTY LEVEL IN THE STATE AND SPECIFIED STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS
(SMSAS) OF FLORIDA, 1970
AREA, SEX
AND RACE
FLORIDA
PERSONS 65 YEARS AND OVER
IN FAMILIES, TOTAL
WITH MALE HEAD
WITH FEMALE HEAD
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
65 YEARS AND OVER, TOTAL
MALE
FEMALE
WHITE
O1 PERSONS 65 YEARS AND OVER
IN FAMILIES, TOTAL
WITH MALE HEAD
WITH FEMALE HEAD
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
65 YEARS AND OVER, TOTAL
MALE
FEMALE
BLACK
PERSONS 65 YEARS AND OVER
IN FAMILIES, TOTAL
WITH MALE HEAD
WITH FEMALE HEAD
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
65 YEARS AND OVER, TOTAL
MALE
FEMALE
SEE FOOTNOTE AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
PER-
CENTAGE
TOTAL NUMBER OF TOTAL
719,619
653,771
65,848
248,779
70,187
178,592
674,491
620,448
54,043
224,765
60,075
164,690
43,625
32,050
11,575
23,333
9,865
13,468
114,488
98,957
15,531
120,831
28,984
91,847
94,338
84,779
9,559
102,109
21,860
80,249
19,763
13,895
5,868
18,322
6,972
11,350
RATIO OF INCOME TO POVERTY LEVEL 1/
UNDER .50
.50 TO .99
31,854
26,364
5,490
43,067
9,597
33,470
24,814
21,835
2,979
35,056
6,841
28,215
6,927
4,439
2,488
7,792
2,667
5,125
82,634
72,593
10,041
77,764
19,387
58,377
69,524
62,944
6,580
67,053
15,019
52,034
12,836
9,456
3,380
10,530
4,305
6,225
TO 1.99 TO 2.99
217,953
199,233
18,720
68,022
21,716
46,306
202,273
187,423
14,850
63,956
19,468
44,488
15,176
11,373
3,803
3,922
2,195
1,727
MORE
236,877
218,178
18,699
33,281
11,190
22,091
233,196
215,254
17,942
32,799
10,906
21,893
3,348
2,614
734
406
267
139
150,301
137,403
12,898
26,645
8,297
18,348
144,684
132,992
11,692
25,901
7,841
18,060
5,338
4,168
1,170
683
431
252
CONTINUED .
_ __ __ __~ _
1.00
2.00 3.UU UOR
TABLE 2.40. INCOME: PERSONS IN FAMILIES AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER BY POVERTY STATUS IN 1969 AND
BY RATIO OF FAMILY INCOME TO POVERTY LEVEL IN THE STATE AND SPECIFIED STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTIC
(SMSAS) OF FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
AREA, SEX
AND RACE TOTAl
FT. LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD SMSA
PERSONS 65 YEARS AND OVER
IN FAMILIES, TOTAL 87,131
WITH MALE HEAD 81,04(
WITH FEMALE HEAD 6,08
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
65 YEARS AND OVER 22,96'
MALE 6,131
FEMALE 16,83:
Si JACKSONVILLE SMSA
CD PERSONS 65 YEARS AND OVER
IN FAMILIES, TOTAL 26,73;
WITH MALE HEAD 21,911
WITH FEMALE HEAD 4,81
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
65 YEARS AND OVER 11,83(
MALE 2,97;
FEMALE 8,853
MIAMI SMSA
PERSONS 65 YEARS AND OVER
IN FAMILIES, TOTAL 123,829
WITH MALE HEAD 110,445
WITH FEMALE HEAD 13,384
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
65 YEARS AND OVER 45,798
MALE 13,815
FEMALE 31,98:
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
PER-
CENTAGE
L NUMBER OF TOTAL
8,079
7,329
750
8,722
1,908
6,814
5,513
4,191
1,322
6,933
1,720
5,213
18,401
15,612
2,789
21,947
5,229
16,718
UNDER
.50
2,361
2,149
212
2,921
575
2,346
1,859
1,450
409
2,700
711
1,989
8
9
9
9
2
4
0
7
3
RATIO OF INCOME TO POVERTY LE
.50
1.00
TO .99 TO 1.99 TO
5,718
5,180
538
5,801
1,333
4,468
3,654
2,741
913
4,233
1,009
3,224
20,837
19,273
1,564
6,425
1,718
4,707
7,455
5,914
1,541
2,686
605
2,081
CAL AREAS
VEL 1/
2.00 3.00 OR
2.99
19,651
18,274
1,377
2,970
960
2,010
5,090
4,199
891
1,070
292
778
12,503 32,998 25,082
10,778 29,288 22,446
1,725 3,710 2,636
13,790 12,243 5,047
3,535 4,410 1,752
10,255 7,833 3,295
Mnu I
38,571
36,173
2,398
4,852
1,552
3,300
8,674
7,614
1,060
1,141
360
781
47,348
43,099
4,249
6,561
2,424
4,137
SEE FOOTNOTE AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
CONTINUED .
14.9 5,898
14.1 4,834
20.8 1,064
47.9 8,157
37.9 1,694
52.3 6,463
TABLE 2.40. INCOME: PERSONS IN FAMILIES AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AGED 65 AND OVER BY POVERTY STATUS IN 1969 AND
BY RATIO OF FAMILY INCOME TO POVERTY LEVEL IN THE STATE AND SPECIFIED STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS
(SMSAS) OF FLORIDA, 1970 (CONTINUED)
AREA, SEX
AND RACE
ORLANDO SMSA
PERSONS 65 YEARS AND OVER
IN FAMILIES, TOTAL
WITH MALE HEAD
WITH FEMALE HEAD
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
65 YEARS AND OVER
MALE
FEMALE
TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG SMSA
PERSONS 65 YEARS AND OVER
IN FAMILIES, TOTAL
WITH MALE HEAD
WITH FEMALE HEAD
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
65 YEARS AND OVER
MALE
FEMALE
WEST PALM BEACH SMSA
PERSONS 65 YEARS AND OVER
IN FAMILIES, TOTAL
WITH MALE HEAD
WITH FEMALE HEAD
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
65 YEARS AND OVER
MALE
FEMALE
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
PER-
CENTAGE
TOTAL NUMBER OF TOTAL
28,831
25,401
3,430
10,987
2,665
8,322
144,390
132,280
12,110
55,992
15,494
40,498
43,985
40,679
3,306
15,067
4,030
11,037
4,269
3,490
779
5,147
1,087
4,060
18,137
15,770
2,367
25,638
5,896
19,742
4,517
3,919
598
6,383
1,435
4,948
RATIO OF INCOME TO POVERTY LEVEL 1/
UNDER .50 1.00 2.00 3.00 OR
.50 TO .99 TO 1.99 TO 2.99- MORE
1,156
879
277
1,855
390
1,465
4,631
3,901
730
8,452
1,950
6,502
1,408
1,142
266
2,238
438
1,800
3,113
2,611
502
3,292
697
2,595
13,506
11,869
1,637
17,186
3,946
13,240
3,109
2,777
332
4,145
997
3,148
8,559
7,644
915
3,057
835
2,222
46,381
42,842
3,539
16,549
5,326
11,223
11,216
10,349
867
4,048
1,090
2,958
6,441
5,696
745
1,183
328
855
34,103
31,421
2,682
6,541
1,998
4,543
8,664
7,999
665
1,837
501
1,336
9,562
8,571
991
1,600
415
1,185
45,769
42,247
3,522
7,264
2,274
4,990
19,588
18,412
1,176
2,799
1,004
1,795
1/ OBTAINED BY DIVIDING THE INCOME OF A FAMILY OR UNRELATED INDIVIDUAL BY THE CORRESPONDING POVERTY THRESHOLD.
SOURCE: U.S.,DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, 1970 CENSUS OF POPULATION.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
~i-~-T--CT----C------
TABLE 2.42. POVERTY LEVELS: ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PERSONS AT OR BELOW SPECIFIED POVERTY LEVELS BY AGE GROUP IN FLORIDA
1975
AGE GROUP
ALL AGES
0 TO 13 YEARS
14 TO 24 YEARS
25 TO 44 YEARS
45 TO 64 YEARS
65 YEARS AND OVER
TOTAL
POPULATION
8,485,230
1,559,727
1,678,151
1,899,590
1,833,883
1,513,879
AT OR BELOW
POVERTY LEVEL
PER-
CENT-
NUMBER AGE
1,279,390 15.1
333,782 21.4
307,102 18.3
205,156 10.8
201,727 11.0
231,623 15.3
AT OR BELOW
75 PERCENT OF
POVERTY LEVEL
PER-
CENT-
NUMBER AGE
838,268 9.9
257,355 16.5
231,585 13.8
142,469 7.5
135,707 7.4
71,152 4.7
AT OR BELOW
125 PERCENT OF
POVERTY LEVEL
PER-
CENT-
NUMBER AGE
1,712,537 20.2
438,283 28.1
396,044 23.6
281,139 14.8
289,754 15.8
307,317 20.3
AT OR BELOW
150 PERCENT OF
POVERTY LEVEL
PER-
CENT-
NUMBER AGE
2,223,774 26.2
534,986 34.3
513,514 30.6
359,023 18.9
383,282 20.9
432,969 28.6
AT OR BELOW
200 PERCENT OF
POVERTY LEVEL
PER-
CENT-
NUMBER AGE
3,357,628 39.6
772,065 49.5
743,421 44.3
588,873 31.0
588,676 32.1
664,593 43.9
S SOURCE: 1975 ESTIMATES OF POPULATION FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH, DIVISION
o0 OF POPULATION STUDIES, UNPUBLISHED DATA. ESTIMATES BY POVERTY LEVEL DEVELOPED BY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, CENTER FOR
GERONTOLOGICAL STUDIES.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
Income
TABLE 2.43. POVERTY THRESHOLDS: POVERTY LEVEL INCOMES BY SEX OF FAMILY HEAD AND
SIZE OF FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATES, 1975
NI~hIBER OF RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18 (DOLLARS)
SIZE OF FAMILY UNIT
NONFARM--MALE HEAD
1 PERSON (UNRELATED INDIVIDUAL)
UNDER 65 YEARS
65 YEARS AND OVER
2 PERSONS
HEAD UNDER 65 YEARS
HEAD 65 YEARS AND OVER
3 PERSONS
4 PERSONS
5 PERSONS
6 PERSONS
7 OR MORE PERSONS
NONFARM--FEMALE HEAD
1 PERSON (UNRELATED INDIVIDUAL)
UNDER 65 YEARS
65 YEARS AND OVER
2 PERSONS
HEAD UNDER 65 YEARS
HEAD 65 YEARS AND OVER
3 PERSONS
4 PERSONS
5 PERSONS
6 PERSONS
7 OR MORE PERSONS
FARM--MALE HEAD
1 PERSON (UNRELATED INDIVIDUAL)
UNDER 65 YEARS
65 YEARS AND OVER
2 PERSONS
HEAD UNDER 65 YEARS
HEAD 65 YEARS AND OVER
3 PERSONS
4 PERSONS
5 PERSONS
6 PERSONS
7 OR MORE PERSONS
FARM--FEMALE HEAD
1 PERSON (UNRELATED INDIVIDUAL)
UNDER 65 YEARS
65 YEARS AND OVER
2 PERSONS
HEAD UNDER 65 YEARS
HEAD 65 YEARS AND OVER
3 PERSONS
4 PERSONS
5 PERSONS
6 PERSONS
7 OR MORE PERSONS
NONE
2,902
2,608
3,629
3,258
4,224
5,569
6,721
7,709
9,708
2,685
2,574
3,352
3,217
4,088
5,347
6,418
7,488
9,407
2,466
2,216
3,084
2,769
3,591
4,734
5,713
6,552
8,254
2,282
2,187
2,850
2,735
3,473
4,547
5,455
6,366
7,995
(X)
(X)
4,065
4,065
4,361
5,651
6,802
7,734
9,792
(X)
(X)
3,660
3,660
3,894
5,540
6,612
7,625
9,545
(X)
(X)
3,454
3,454
3,707
4,805
5,782
6,574
8,324
(X)
(X)
3,111
3,111
3,310
4,708
5,620
6,482
8,115
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
4,610
5,456
6,584
7,571
9,599
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
4,307
5,514
6,584
7,571
9,517
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
3,918
4,637
5,595
6,436
8,161
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
3,661
4,687
5,595
6,436
8,090
3 4 5 6 OU MORE
(X) (X)
(X) (X)
(X) (X)
(X) (X)
(X) (X)
5,732 (X)
6,418 6,556
7,406 7,187
9,435 9,217
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
5,456
6,529
7,515
9,435
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
4,872
5,455
6,295
8,020
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
4,637
5,549
6,389
8,020
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
7,297
8,886
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
7,048
8,997
(X) (X)
(X) (X)
(X) (X)
(X) (X)
(X) (X)
(X) (X)
5,572 (X)
6,109 6,202
7,835 7,554
(X) (X)
(X) (X)
(X) (X)
(X) (X)
(X) (X)
(X) (X)
5,363 (X)
6,179 5,991
7,811 7,647
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
8,805
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
8,558
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
7,485
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
7,274
(X) NOT APPLICABLE. NOTE: DATA ARE BASED ON A DEFINITION DEVELOPED BY THE
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AND REVISED BY A FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.
ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS ARE BASED ON CHANGES IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.
SOURCE: U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT POPULATION
REPORTS: CONSUMER INCOME. SERIES P-60, NO. 112.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
NUBE O LTE CILRN NDR 8 DOLAS
Income
TABLE 2.44. POVERTY LEVELS: NUMBER OF PERSONS, FAMILIES, AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
IN 1976 WITH 1975 TOTAL MONEY INCOME BELOW SPECIFIED POVERTY LEVELS IN FLORIDA
BELOW POVERTY BELOW POVERTY LEVEL OF--
TOTAL LEVEL 75 PERCENT 125 PERCENT
NUMBER NUMBER PER- NUMBER PER- NUMBER PER-
CHARACTERISTIC (1,000) (1,000) CENTAGE (1,000) CENTAGE (1,000) CENTAGE
PERSONS, TOTAL 8,493 1,225 14.4 853 10.0 1,712 20.2
FAMILY STATUS
IN FAMILIES, TOTAL 7,505 986 13.1 710 9.5 1,371 18.3
HEAD 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER 530 36 6.8 15 2.9 77 14.4
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS, TOTAL 988. 239 24.2 143 14.5 341 34.5
65 YEARS OLD AND OVER 360 97 26.9 40 11.2 156 43.4
RACE AND SPANISH ORIGIN
WHITE 7,117 703 9.9 437 6.1 1,072 15.1
BLACK 1,320 499 37.8 393 29.8 600 45.5
SPANISH ORIGIN 1/ 669 122 18.2 88 13.1 165 24.6
AGE
65 YEARS OLD AND OVER 1,356 153 11.3 64 4.7 275 20.3
RESIDENCE
NONFARM 8,405 1,203 14.3 831 9.9 1,675 19.9
FARM 88 22 25.0 22 25.0 37 41.9
FAMILIES, TOTAL 2,361 259 11.0 176 7.4 374 15.8
WITH NO RELATED CHILDREN
UNDER 18 YEARS 1,195 72 6.0 39 3.3 125 10.4
WITH RELATED CHILDREN
UNDER 18 YEARS 1,166 187 16.1 136 11.7 249 21.4
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, 25
YEARS AND OVER 2,232 238 10.7 161 7.2 345 15.5
LESS THAN 8 YEARS 254 65 25.4 42 16.4 92 36.2
4 YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL 695 63 9.0 49 7.0 86 12.3
1 YEAR OR MORE OF COLLEGE 738 27 3.6 16 2.2 50 6.8
WORK EXPERIENCE IN 1975 A/
WORKED 1,619 149 9.2 97 6.0 207 12.8
FULL TIME, 52 WEEKS 1,108 40 3.6 27 2.5 68 6.1
49 WEEKS OR LESS 448 95 21.2 61 13.7 123 27.4
DID NOT WORK 683 109 16.0 78 11.5 162 23.8
TYPE OF INCOME IN 1975
WITH EARNINGS 1,887 182 9.6 120 6.3 262 13.9
WITH INCOME OTHER THAN
EARNINGS 1,893 178 9.4 120 6.4 275 14.5
WITH SOCIAL SECURITY
INCOME 760 64 8.4 39 5.1 121 15.9
WITH PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 93 52 56.5 47 51.1 64 69.4
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS, TOTAL 988 239 24.2 143 14.5 341 34.5
LIVING ALONE 706 152 21.6 81 11.5 233 33.0
65 YEARS OLD AND OVER 333 81 24.3 32 9.6 139 41.8
LIVING WITH NONRELATIVES 282 87 30.8 62 21.9 108 38.3
PRIMARY FAMILIES AND PRIMARY
INDIVIDUALS, TOTAL 3,160 428 13.6 268 8.5 632 20.0
IN OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING 2,136 191 9.0 112 5.2 319 15.0
IN RENTER OCCUPIED HOUSING 960 217 22.6 146 15.3 289 30.1
IN PUBLIC HOUSING 66 38 57.4 31 46.9 44 66.7
PAID NO CASH RENT 64 20 (NA) 10 (NA) 24 (NA)
(NA) NOT AVAILABLE. A/ CIVILIAN. 1/ MAY BE OF ANY RACE.
SOURCE: U.S., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, CURRENT POPULATION
REPORTS: CONSUMER INCOME--MONEY INCOME AND POVERTY STATUS IN 1975 (SPRING 1976
SURVEY OF INCOME AND EDUCATION). SERIES P-60, NO. 112.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
Income
TABLE 2.45. INCOME: ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION AGED 60 AND OVER WITH INCOMES
BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, 1976
COUNTY
FLORIDA
ALACHUA
BAKER
BAY
BRADFORD
BREVARD
BROWARD
CALHOUN
CHARLOTTE
CITRUS
CLAY
COLLIER
COLUMBIA
DADE
DE SOTO
DIXIE
DUVAL
ESCAMBIA
FLAGLER
FRANKLIN
GADSDEN
GILCHRIST
GLADES
GULF
HAMILTON
HARDEE
HENDRY
HERNANDO
HIGHLANDS
HILLSBOROUGH
HOLMES
INDIAN RIVER
JACKSON
JEFFERSON
LAFAYETTE
LAKE
LEE
60 YEARS AND OVER
PERCENT-
NUMBER AGE
256,013 13.4
2,561 19.8
270 15.5
2,336 18.9
476 20.5
4,207 12.2
20,307 8.5
560 34.1
2,031 9.6
2,394 16.9
1,050 19.6
1,555 10.0
912 23.2
39,115 13.1
632 15.7
319 32.1
12,472 17.4
4,752 18.7
371 20.5
489 27.8
1,564 23.1
224 24.1
177 21.3
428 26.7
511 32.5
701 25.9
436 22.0
1,743 19.2
2,536 18.5
14,739 16.3
989 32.5
1,780 14.7
2,275 31.2
545 32.2
192 28.9
4,539 15.3
5,688 11.5
60 TO 64 YEARS
PERCENT-
NUMBER AGE
61,961 12.9
687 17.2
111 17.1
627 14.9
126 17.9
895 7.9
4,912 8.5
154 31.2
480 9.6
748 19.8
178 13.1
698 14.3
227 19.8
8,418 11.2
183 14.7
67 21.8
3,348 14.1
1,274 15.0
122 24.7
146 34.4
592 31.6
60 18.8
55 20.1
98 18.4
135 31.9
216 26.3
108 16.2
520 20.4
711 20.5
3,272 12.4
243 26.2
453 15.8
558 27.3
155 35.1
44 23.8
1,261 18.9
1,544 11.6
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
65 YEARS AND OVER
PERCENT-
NUMBER AGE
194,052 13.6
1,874 20.9
159 14.6
1,709 20.9
350 21.7
3,312 14.3
15,395 8.5
406 35.4
1,551 9.6
1,646 15.9
872 21.8
857 8.0
685 24.6
30,697 13.8
449 16.2
252 36.7
9,124 19.0
3,478 20.5
249 19.0
343 25.7
972 19.8
164 26.9
122 21.9
330 30.8
376 32.7
485 25.8
328 24.9
1,223 18.8
1,825 17.8
11,467 17.9
746 35.3
1,327 14.3
1,717 32.8
390 31.2
148 30.9
3,278 14.3
4,144 11.4
CONTINUED .
Income
TABLE 2.45. INCOME: ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION AGED 60 AND OVER WITH INCOMES
BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL IN THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, 1976
(CONTINUED)
COUNTY
LEON
LEVY
LIBERTY
MADISON
MANATEE
MARION
MARTIN
MONROE
NASSAU
OKALOOSA
OKEECHOBEE
ORANGE
OSCEOLA
PALM BEACH
PASCO
PINELLAS
POLK
PUTNAM
ST. JOHNS
ST. LUCIE
SANTA ROSA
SARASOTA
SEMINOLE
SUMTER
SUWANNEE
TAYLOR
UNION
VOLUSIA
WAKULLA
WALTON
WASHINGTON
60 YEARS AND OVER
PERCENT-
NUMBER AGE
1,974 17.4
853 25.7
231 31.2
898 33.3
6,351 12.3
4,515 21.4
2,427 14.3
1,483 14.2
771 20.7
1,141 16.9
513 20.8
7,676 12.7
1,770 16.1
13,868 10.6
8,138 15.0
25,807 10.0
9,101 16.5
1,878 21.2
1,675 20.7
3,171 18.9
947 19.8
7,486 10.8
2,554 13.9
1,163 26.9
1,070 29.4
724 29.8
231 24.2
9,334 14.7
358 29.2
1,068 27.7
961 33.8
60 TO 64 YEARS
PERCENT-
NUMBER AGE
572 15.2
213 21.7
57 24.5
240 32.2
1,418 13.8
1,169 19.8
691 16.2
378 12.7
196 15.2
261 11.0
134 18.2
1,987 11.6
407 16.7
3,598 11.7
2,408 17.5
4,610 9.4
2,244 15.9
488 21.7
410 21.8
1,052 23.0
227 14.4
1,635 11.0
729 12.5
337 23.6
302 27.8
147 21.9
32 11.4
1,983 14.2
94 26.7
254 23.4
262 34.5
SOURCE: 1976 ESTIMATES OF POPULATION FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, BUREAU OF
ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH, DIVISION OF POPULATION STUDIES, UNPUBLISHED DATA.
ESTIMATES BY POVERTY LEVEL DEVELOPED BY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, CENTER FOR GERONTO-
LOGICAL STUDIES.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
65 YEARS AND OVER
PERCENT-
NUMBER AGE
1,402 18.5
640 27.4
174 34.3
658 33.7
4,933 11.9
3,346 22.0
1,736 13.7
1,105 14.8
575 23.6
880 20.1
379 21.9
5,689 13.2
1,363 15.9
10,270 10.3
5,730 14.2
21,197 10.2
6,857 16.7
1,390 21.1
1,265 20.4
2,119 17.3
720 22.4
5,851 10.8
1,825 14.6
826 28.5
768 30.1
577 32.7
199 29.5
7,351 14.3
264 30.2
814 29.4
699 33.6
Income
TABLE 2.50. INCOME: FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER BY POVERTY STATUS IN 1969
BY RACE OF HEAD, AND BY TYPE OF INCOME, IN FLORIDA AND THE UNITED STATES, 1970
TOTAL WHITE
FLORIDA
PERSONS
OF SPAN-
ISH LAN-
BLACK GUAGE 1/
ALL INCOME LEVELS
TOTAL NUMBER OF FAMILIES
MEAN FAMILY INCOME (DOLLARS)
PERCENTAGE OF AGGREGATE FAMILY INCOME:
TOTAL AGGREGATE INCOME
EARNINGS
WAGES AND SALARIES
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL SECURITY
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
OTHER INCOME
PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES RECEIVING:
EARNINGS
WAGES AND SALARIES
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL SECURITY
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
OTHER INCOME
INCOME BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
TOTAL NUMBER OF FAMILIES
MEAN FAMILY INCOME (DOLLARS)
PERCENTAGE OF AGGREGATE FAMILY INCOME:
TOTAL AGGREGATE INCOME
EARNINGS
WAGES AND SALARIES
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL SECURITY
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
OTHER INCOME
PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES RECEIVING:
EARNINGS
WAGES AND SALARIES
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL SECURITY
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
OTHER INCOME
383,670
7,390
100.0
33.2
27.7
5.6
22.8
0.7
43.3
40.1
36.0
7.8
87.2
6.2
67.8
65,626
1,520
100.0
14.0
13.4
0.5
68.3
8.3
9.4
21.4
18.4
4.0
82.4
16.7
23.6
357,778
7,641
100.0
32.2
26.5
5.6
22.7
0.5
44.6
38.2
34.0
7.8
88.2
4.4
71.4
25,119
3,879
100.0
63.2
59.4
3.8
23.5
5.9
7.5
67.7
65.1
7.1
73.5
31.4
17.9
53,035 12,354
1,481 1,684
100.0
8.3
8.2
0.1
74.8
6.3
10.7
15.1
12.0
3.9
84.5
11.6
26.4
100.0
35.3
33.1
2.2
44.0
15.8
5.0
48.3
45.7
4.7
73.6
38.1
11.6
CONTINUED .
SEE FOOTNOTE AT END OF TABLE.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
ITEM
10,706
6,618
100.0
60.9
54.6
6.4
13.9
3.8
21.4
60.7
57.8
8.6
56.7
23.2
38.6
3,163
1,427
100.0
23.0
20.0
3.0
37.7
32.3
7.0
23.6
22.1
3.2
42.6
43.3
16.0
Income
TABLE 2.50. INCOME: FAMILIES WITH HEADS AGED 65 AND OVER BY POVERTY STATUS IN 1969
BY RACE OF HEAD, AND BY TYPE OF INCOME, IN FLORIDA AND THE UNITED STATES, 1970
(CONTINUED)
PERSONS
OF SPAN-
ISH LAN-
ITEM TOTAL WHITE BLACK GUAGE 1/
UNITED STATES
ALL INCOME LEVELS
TOTAL NUMBER OF FAMILIES 7,043,797 6,417,376 572,519 147,516
MEAN FAMILY INCOME (DOLLARS) 7,406 7,663 4,538 6,168
PERCENTAGE OF AGGREGATE FAMILY INCOME:
TOTAL AGGREGATE INCOME 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
EARNINGS 52.3 51.6 62.1 59.7
WAGES AND SALARIES 43.3 42.4 58.4 53.2
SELF-EMPLOYMENT 8.9 9.2 3.7 6.5
SOCIAL SECURITY 20.5 20.4 23.3 18.8
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 1.2 1.0 6.1 5.3
OTHER INCOME 26.0 27.0 8.5 16.1
PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES RECEIVING:
EARNINGS 56.8 56.2 62.5 60.5
WAGES AND SALARIES 49.8 48.8 59.7 56.5
SELF-EMPLOYMENT 13.4 13.9 7.0 8.8
SOCIAL SECURITY 83.4 84.2 75.2 72.1
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 9.0 7.2 28.5 26.2
OTHER INCOME 57.2 60.1 25.2 36.2
INCOME BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
TOTAL NUMBER OF FAMILIES 1,354,118 1,094,776 245,020 44,002
MEAN FAMILY INCOME (DOLLARS) 1,536 1,505 1,667 1,721
PERCENTAGE OF AGGREGATE FAMILY INCOME:
TOTAL AGGREGATE INCOME 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
EARNINGS 14.3 10.6 28.4 25.1
WAGES AND SALARIES 13.4 9.9 26.8 23.6
SELF-EMPLOYMENT 0.9 0.7 1.5 1.4
SOCIAL SECURITY 66.4 71.8 46.1 45.7
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 10.6 8.3 19.2 22.1
OTHER INCOME 8.7 9.3 6.3 7.1
PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES RECEIVING:
EARNINGS 25.2 21.5 41.3 33.1
WAGES AND SALARIES 20.1 15.9 38.4 30.1
SELF-EMPLOYMENT 6.6 7.0 5.1 4.3
SOCIAL SECURITY 83.6 85.8 74.5 69.4
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 19.2 14.8 38.2 37.9
OTHER INCOME 21.5 23.2 13.6 16.1
1/ INCLUDES PERSONS OF SPANISH MOTHER TONGUE AND ALL PERSONS IN FAMILIES IN WHICH
THE HEAD OR WIFE REPORTED SPANISH AS HIS OR HER MOTHER TONGUE. MOST OF THESE PER-
SONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN COLUMNS TITLED "WHITE" AND "BLACK."
SOURCE: U.S.,DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, 1970 CENSUS OF POPU-
LATION.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
Income
TABLE 2.63. INCOME: NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY IN FLORIDA
THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES, AND THE UNITED STATES, 1970 AND 1975
ITEM
NUMBER OF
FAMILIES
TOTAL
BELOW POVERTY
LEVEL 1/
PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL AREA
FAMILIES
BELOW
POVERTY
LEVEL 1/
PERCENTAGE OF
ALL U.S.
FAMILIES
BELOW
POVERTY
LEVEL 1/
FLORIDA SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES
1970 1975 1970 1975
1,811,367
229,241
12.7
2,360,930
259,430
7,773,582
1,083,600
9,078,310
985,350
UNITED STATES
1970 1975
51,168,599
5,462,216
56,080,030
5,050,780
11.0 13.9 10.9
4.20 5.14 19.84 19.51 100.00 100.00
1/ POVERTY LEVEL FOR NONFARM FAMILY OF 4 WAS $3,743 FOR 1970 AND $5,500 IN 1975.
SOURCE: U.S.,DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA USER NEWS, JUNE
1977. DATA FOR 1970 FROM THE 1970 CENSUS OF POPULATION; DATA FOR 1975 FROM THE
SURVEY OF INCOME AND EDUCATION.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
Income
TABLE 2.65. INCOME: FARM-RELATED POPULATION BY FARM NET SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME
IN 1969 AND BY AGE GROUP IN FLORIDA, 1970
14 YEARS 45 TO 54 55 TO 64 65 YEARS
ITEM AND OVER YEARS YEARS AND OVER
MALE, TOTAL 2,448,616 358,741 314,414 447,965
WITHOUT FARM SELF-
EMPLOYMENT INCOME 2,418,652 351,508 307,241 443,709
WITH FARM SELF-
EMPLOYMENT INCOME 29,964 7,233 7,173 4,256
LOSS 5,743 1,457 1,105 661
$1 TO $1,999 11,440 2,486 2,740 2,084
$2,000 TO $2,999 2,981 774 896 266
$3,000 TO $3,999 1,753 397 548 221
$4,000 TO $4,999 1,308 299 321 171
$5,000 TO $6,999 2,027 433 788 175
$7,000 TO $9,999 1,632 534 323 198
$10,000 OR MORE 3,080 853 452 480
MEDIAN INCOME (DOLLARS) 1,615 1,737 1,811 1,408
MEAN INCOME (DOLLARS) 3,053 3,559 2,644 2,808
FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT
INCOME
ONLY INCOME SOURCE 7,625 1,733 2,180 368
LESS THAN OTHER INCOME 1/ 18,241 4,570 4,026 2,695
FEMALE, TOTAL 2,719,050 399,468 397,331 541,508
WITHOUT FARM SELF-
EMPLOYMENT INCOME 2,714,518 398,460 395,886 540,717
WITH FARM SELF-
EMPLOYMENT INCOME 4,532 1,008 1,445 791
LOSS 1,049 273 308 160
$1 TO $1,999 2,253 394 768 402
$2,000 TO $2,999 284 84 78 53
$3,000 TO $3,999 238 64 61 36
$4,000 TO $4,999 204 30 99 21
$5,000 TO $6,999 180 67 49 21
$7,000 TO $9,999 74 51 0 23
$10,000 OR MORE 250 45 82 75
MEDIAN INCOME (DOLLARS) 1,081 1,173 1,080 1,172
MEAN INCOME (DOLLARS) 2,242 2,560 2,253 3,005
FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT
INCOME
ONLY INCOME SOURCE 625 176 243 85
LESS THAN OTHER INCOME 1/ 3,003 645 913 487
1/ INCOME FROM ALL SOURCES OTHER THAN FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME.
NOTE: FARM POPULATION IS PERSONS LIVING ON 10 OR MORE ACRES FROM WHICH SALES OF
FARM PRODUCTS AMOUNTED TO $50 OR MORE IN CALENDAR 1969 OR LESS THAN 10 ACRES FROM
WHICH SALES AMOUNTED TO $250 OR MORE. FARM NET SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME IS NET MONEY
INCOME (GROSS RECEIPTS MINUS OPERATING EXPENSES) RECEIVED FROM OPERATION OF A FARM
BY A PERSON ON OWN ACCOUNT, AS OWNER, RENTER, OR SHARECROPPER. BASED ON 5 PERCENT
SAMPLE.
SOURCE: U.S.,DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, 1970 CENSUS OF POPU-
LATION.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
I
Income
TABLE 2.70. INCOME: ANNUAL BUDGETS AT THREE LEVELS FOR A RETIRED COUPLE IN THE
ORLANDO METROPOLITAN AREA, NONMETROPOLITAN AREAS OF THE SOUTH, AND SPECIFIED
AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES, AUTUMN 1977
(ROUNDED TO DOLLARS)
NON-
ORLANDO METROPOL- UNITED STATES
METRO- ITAN AREAS METRO- NONMETRO-
POLITAN IN THE TOTAL POLITAN POLITAN
ITEM AREA 1/ SOUTH 2/ URBAN AREAS 1/ AREAS 2/
LOWER BUDGET 3/
TOTAL BUDGET 4/ 4,792 4,460 5,031 5,151 4,671
TOTAL FAMILY CONSUMPTION 4,586 4,268 4,815 4,930 4,470
FOOD 1,373 1,430 1,535 1,554 1,479
HOUSING 5/ 1,652 1,306 1,745 1,850 1,433
SHELTER 6/ 1,200 882 1,317 1,411 1,037
RENTER 7/ 1,451 743 1,200 1,283 951
HOMEOWNER 8/ 1,032 974 1,396 1,497 1,094
FURNISHINGS AND
OPERATIONS 452 424 428 439 396
TRANSPORTATION 9/ 390 432 337 305 433
CLOTHING 204 188 214 216 207
PERSONAL CARE 121 146 146 144 151
MEDICAL CARE 622 611 628 635 608
OTHER FAMILY CONSUMPTION 10/ 224 155 209 225 159
OTHER ITEMS 11/ 206 192 217 222 201
INTERMEDIATE BUDGET 3/
TOTAL BUDGET 4/ 6,665 6,090 7,198 7,479 6,358
TOTAL FAMILY CONSUMPTION 6,264 5,724 6,765 7,029 5,976
FOOD 1,828 1,898 2,035 2,071 1,928
HOUSING 5/ 2,206 1,795 2,518 2,702 1,968
SHELTER 6/ 1,312 1,084 1,632 1,749 1,282
RENTER 7/ 1,521 964 1,579 1,701 1,215
HOMEOWNER 8/ 1,200 1,149 1,661 1,776 1,319
FURNISHINGS AND
OPERATIONS 894 711 886 953 685
TRANSPORTATION 9/ 699 629 658 667 631
CLOTHING 350 308 360 366 343
PERSONAL CARE 178 217 214 210 227
MEDICAL CARE 626 616 632 639 613
OTHER FAMILY CONSUMPTION 10/ 377 261 347 375 266
OTHER ITEMS 11/ 401 366 433 450 382
HIGHER BUDGET 3/
TOTAL BUDGET 4/ 9,720 8,932 10,711 11,203 9,237
TOTAL FAMILY CONSUMPTION 8,976 8,243 9,898 10,355 8,527
FOOD 2,282 2,361 2,554 2,604 2,405
HOUSING 5/ 3,320 2,766 3,936 4,263 2,959
SHELTER 6/ 1,695 1,402 2,330 2,558 1,647
RENTER 7/ 1,697 1,372 2,389 2,658 1,584
HOMEOWNER 8/ 1,694 1,415 2,304 2,515 1,675
FURNISHINGS AND
OPERATIONS 1,524 1,263 1,505 1,604 1,210
TRANSPORTATION 9/ 1,213 1,143 1,215 1,244 1,128
SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE. CONTINUED .
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
Income
TABLE 2.70. INCOME: ANNUAL BUDGETS AT THREE LEVELS FOR A RETIRED COUPLE IN THE
ORLANDO METROPOLITAN AREA, NONMETROPOLITAN AREAS OF THE SOUTH, AND SPECIFIED
AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES, AUTUMN 1977 (CONTINUED)
(ROUNDED TO DOLLARS)
NON-
ORLANDO METROPOL- UNITED STATES
METRO- ITAN AREAS METRO- NONMETRO-
POLITAN IN THE TOTAL POLITAN POLITAN
ITEM AREA 1/ SOUTH 2/ URBAN AREAS 1/ AREAS 2/
HIGHER BUDGET 3/ (CONTINUED)
CLOTHING 524 529 555 548 573
PERSONAL CARE 263 308 313 310 323
MEDICAL CARE 632 621 637 643 618
OTHER FAMILY CONSUMPTION 10/ 742 515 687 742 521
OTHER ITEMS 11/ 744 689 813 848 710
1/ STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS AS DEFINED IN 1960-61.
2/ PLACES WITH POPULATION OF 2,500 TO 50,000.
3/ QUANTITIES AND QUALITIES OF GOODS AND SERVICES DIFFER WITH ASSUMPTIONS IN
MANNER OF LIVING OF LEVELS. BUDGETS NOT BASED ON ACTUAL EXPENDITURES. LOWER BUDGET
NOT INTENDED TO REPRESENT MINIMUM STANDARDS OF LIVING.
4/ PERSONAL INCOME TAXES NOT INCLUDED.
5/ INCLUDES SHELTER, HOUSEFURNISHINGS, AND HOUSEHOLD OPERATIONS. HIGHER BUDGET
ALSO INCLUDES AN ALLOWANCE FOR LODGING AWAY FROM HOME CITY.
6/ AVERAGE COSTS OF SHELTER WERE WEIGHTED BY THE FOLLOWING PROPORTIONS: LOWER
BUDGET, 40 PERCENT FOR RENTERS, 60 PERCENT FOR HOMEOWNERS; INTERMEDIATE BUDGET, 35
PERCENT FOR RENTERS, 65 PERCENT FOR HOMEOWNERS; HIGHER BUDGET, 30 PERCENT FOR
RENTERS, 70 PERCENT FOR HOMEOWNERS.
7/ INCLUDES AVERAGE CONTRACT RENT PLUS THE COST OF REQUIRED AMOUNTS OF HEATING
FUEL, GAS, ELECTRICITY, WATER, SPECIFIED EQUIPMENT, AND INSURANCE ON HOUSEHOLD CON-
TENTS.
8/ INCLUDES PROPERTY TAXES, INSURANCE ON HOUSE AND CONTENTS, WATER, REFUSE DIS-
POSAL, HEATING FUEL, GAS, ELECTRICITY, SPECIFIED EQUIPMENT, AND HOME REPAIR AND
MAINTENANCE COSTS.
9/ AVERAGE COSTS OF AUTOMOBILE OWNERS AND NONOWNERS IN THE LOWER BUDGET WERE
WEIGHTED BY THE FOLLOWING PROPORTIONS OF FAMILIES: METROPOLITAN AREAS, 45 PERCENT
FOR OWNERS, 55 PERCENT FOR NONOWNERS; NONMETROPOLITAN AREAS, 55 PERCENT FOR OWNERS,
45 PERCENT FOR NONOWNERS. THE INTERMEDIATE BUDGET PROPORTIONS ARE: METROPOLITAN
AREAS, 60 PERCENT FOR OWNERS, 40 PERCENT FOR NONOWNERS; NONMETROPOLITAN AREAS, 68
PERCENT FOR OWNERS, 32 PERCENT FOR NONOWNERS. THE HIGHER BUDGET PROPORTION IS 100
PERCENT FOR OWNERS.
10/ INCLUDES AVERAGE COSTS FOR READING, RECREATION, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES, AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES.
11/ INCLUDES ALLOWANCES FOR GIFTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS. HIGHER BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES
AN ALLOWANCE FOR LIFE INSURANCE.
NOTE: THE RETIRED COUPLE CONSISTS OF A HUSBAND AGED 65 OR OVER AND WIFE, ASSUMED
TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING, LIVING IN AN URBAN AREA, IN REASONABLY GOOD HEALTH AND ABLE
TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
SOURCE: U.S., DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, THREE BUDGETS FOR
A RETIRED COUPLE, AUTUMN 1977.
OLDER PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
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