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Future Predictions
The older population will continue to grow significantly in the future. The older population will burgeon between the years 2010 and 2030 when the "baby boom" generation reaches age 65.
By 2030, there will be about 70 million older persons, more than twice their number in 1999. People 65+ will represent almost 13% of the population in the year 2000 but are expected to grow to be 20% of the population by 2030.
Minority populations are projected to represent 25.4% of the elderly population in 2030, up from 16.1% in 1999.
Between 1999 and 2030, the white** population 65+ is projected to increase by 81% compared with 219% for older minorities, including Hispanics (328%), African-Americans** (131%), American Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts** (147%), and Asians and Pacific Islanders** (285%).
**Data for this section were compiled primarily from the U.S. Bureau of the Census and the National Center for Health Statistics:
Where Do We Live?
The majority (67%) of older non-institutionalized persons lived in a family setting in 1998.
Approximately 10.8 million or 80% of older men, and 10.7 million or 58% of older women, lived in families.
The proportion living in a family setting decreased with age. Only 45% of those 85+ years old lived in family setting.
About 13% of older persons (7% of men, 17% of women) were not living with a spouse but were living with children, siblings, or other relatives. An additional 3% of men and 2% of women, or 718,000 older persons, lived with non relatives.
About 31% (9.9 million) of all non-institutionalized older persons in 1998 lived alone (7.6 million women, 2.3 million men). They represented 41% of older women and 17% of older men. Living alone correlates with advanced age.
Among women aged 85 and over, for example, three of every five lived outside a family setting.
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