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FDIC Banking Review
| Table 7 - Elderly People as a Proportion of Total Population by Type of County, by Region, 2000 |
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Elderly as Proportion of Total Population (%) |
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Rural Counties |
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| Regions |
Growing |
Declining |
AD* |
Metro |
Total |
| Great Plains |
| >65 |
13.3 |
19.0 |
18.3 |
10.5 |
12.4 |
| >85 |
1.9 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
| Corn Belt |
| >65 |
14.8 |
17.8 |
16.7 |
11.8 |
12.7 |
| >85 |
2.0 |
2.8 |
2.3 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
| Delta-South |
| >65 |
13.2 |
13.9 |
14.0 |
10.4 |
11.5 |
| >85 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
| Appalachia-East |
| >65 |
14.3 |
18.0 |
16.0 |
13.9 |
14.0 |
| >85 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
| Other |
| >65 |
14.2 |
15.7 |
15.7 |
11.7 |
12.1 |
| >85 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
| United States |
| >65 |
14.5 |
17.3 |
16.2 |
11.9 |
12.4 |
| >85 |
1.8 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
* "AD counties" refers to accelerated-declining counties.
Source: U.S. Census 2000.
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