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The 1990 information about Ohio and its 88 counties was taken from the 1990 U.S. Census of Population and Housing: Special Tabulation on Aging, Federal Region V: Ohio. The information is organized into categories based on census definitions. The 2000 information about Ohio and its 88 counties was taken from Table DP-I. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000, & the Table: 5-Year Age Groups by Race, Sex, and Hispanic Status for Ohio and Counties, 2000 Census. (Data as of 5/24/2001 & 6/15/2002 respectively). �

http://www.odod.state.oh.us/research/Census2000.html

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census of Population, Public Law 94-171 Redistricting Data File. Updated every 10 years.

For further information about the data sources or definitions, refer to census publications available in the public library, or contact the Scripps Gerontology Center.

 

Resident Population:

People were counted at their "usual residence", usual residence is defined as the place where the person lives and sleeps most of the time. This place is not necessarily the same as the person's voting residence or legal residence. � Non-citizens who are living in the United States are included, regardless of their immigration status. Persons temporarily away from their usual residence were counted at their usual residence. People who live at more than one residence during the week, month or year were counted at the place where they live most of the time.

Median Age:

The median age is the midpoint; half the population is older than this age, half is younger.

A wallchart displaying the state and county level data is available. To order the �Aging in Ohio Wallchart�, for more about the information contained in these tables, or for further information about Scripps Gerontology Center, please contact us at: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, (513) 529-2914; Fax (513) 529-1476; email scripps@muohio.edu . ��

Project Team:

Suzanne Kunkel (e-mail: kunkels@muohio.edu ),

Shahla Mehdizadeh (e-mail: mehdizk@muohio.edu ), and

Valerie Wellin (e-mail: wellinv@muohio.edu ).

We are grateful to Kirstin Gerst, Heather Menne, and Ian M. Nelson, graduate students in the Master of Gerontological Studies program at Miami University, for help at various stages of this project.