Residents aged 65 and over
17.9%
2024 · Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates
Households receiving Social Security
31.7%
2024 · Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates
Households with retirement income
24.7%
2024 · Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates
Mean Social Security income per receiving household
$25,356
2024 · Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates
Poverty rate, ages 65+
11.1%
2024 · Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates
Senior Population
Residents aged 65 and over
17.9%
2024 · Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates
Population aged 65 and over
1,980,690
2024 · Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates
Residents aged 65 and over
2006–202417.9%
Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates, share of total population, B01001 (2020 not released).
Population aged 65 and over
2006–20241,980,690▲ 85%
Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates, B01001 (2020 not released).
Retired Workers
Households with retirement income
24.7%
2024 · Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates
Households with retirement income
2006–202424.7%
Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates, pensions and retirement accounts, B19059 (2020 not released).
Benefit Payments
Mean Social Security income per receiving household
$25,356
2024 · Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates
Mean Social Security income per receiving household
2006–2024$25,356▲ 87%
Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates, aggregate income B19065 ÷ receiving households B19055 (2020 not released).
Senior Poverty
Poverty rate, ages 65+
11.1%
2024 · Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates
Poverty rate, ages 65+
2006–202411.1%
Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates, B17001 (2020 not released).
Social Security
Households receiving Social Security
2006–2024Census American Community Survey 1-year estimates, B19055 (2020 not released).