Topics covered include geographic distribution, age and sex distribution, marital status, household type and size, educational attainment, labor force status, employment status, occupational characteristics, family income, and poverty status. Data are presented for the United States. Aging into the 21st Century - A special report by noted demographer Jacob Siegel providing the latest projections on the future elderly population. Includes population, marital status, and household information as well as information about labor force participation, income, education, living arrangements, and life expectancy. By Age, Race, Gender, Poverty, Living Arrangements, Region, and Area of Residence.
Data are from a variety of sources with differing sample sizes and designs.
Also includes data collected from State Units on Aging about persons served with Older Americans Act funds. Tables have breakdowns by age, sex, and race. The written report was developed by the National Aging Information Center in 1996 and is now available on the web. Particular attention is given to grandparents who are raising grandchildren. The Census Bureau has released county level estimates which include data by age.