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What are some of the more significant trends related to Ohio's total and aging populations?

Between the years 1990 and 2000 Ohio experienced a 4.7% increase in the total resident population. During the same 10-year span Ohio saw an increase of 7.2% among the population aged 65 and over, while perhaps more significantly there was an increase of 28.1% among Ohio's population aged 85+. The table bellow shows the total population in 1990 and 2000 and the population changes that took place between those years in a sample of Ohio counties for the following age categories: total resident population, the 65+ and, the 85+ populations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

County	# of persons (Total Population) 1990	# of persons (Total Population) 2000	% Change in total # of persons 1990-2000	% Change in population 65+ 1990-2000	% Change in population 85+ 1990-2000
BUTLER	291,479	332,807	14.2	19.7	28.9
CHAMPAIGN	36,019	38,890	8.0	6.1	24.6
CUYAHOGA	1,412,140	1,393,978	- 1.3	- 1.8	33.4
DEFIANCE	39,350	39,500	0.4	10.8	17.2
DELAWARE	66,929	109,989	64.3	47.1	33.9
FRANKLIN	961,437	1,068,978	11.2	12.6	27.6
HAMILTON	866,228	845,303	-2.4	- 1.3	21.0
HARRISON	16,085	15,856	-1.4	0.5	33.9
MEIGS	22,987	23,072	0.4	- 1.3	3.5
MIAMI	93,182	98,868	6.1	11.5	27.2
MUSKINGUM	82,068	84,585	3.1	6.5	22.2
SUMMIT	514,990	542,899	5.4	7.5	25.6
TRUMBULL	227,813	225,116	-1.2	7.8	45.5
WYANDOT	22,254	22,908	2.9	8.4	15.4
State
OHIO	10,848,169	11,353,140	4.7	7.2	28.1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 U.S. Census of Population and Housing: Special Tabulation on Aging, Federal Region V: Ohio; Table DP-1 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000, & 5-Year Age Groups by Race, Sex, and Hispanic Status for Ohio and Counties, 2000 Census.

For information related to recent trends in Ohio's aging population for all counties click on the following report: Aging in Ohio: Population Aged 65+ 1990 and 2000 by County by S.R. Kunkel, S.A. Mehdizadeh & V. Wellin (2002).