• Nationally more than 35.9 million persons are age 65 and older.
• Nationally 16.8% of the elderly are poor or near poor.

State

• Florida has the highest proportion of elders in the nation.
• There are more than 3.9 million elders in Florida. The fastest growing segment of the population is the 100 and older age group.
• In Florida, 13.07% of the elders are near or below poverty level.

Local

• In Hillsborough County, there are 178,350 seniors age 60 and older. They represent 16.2% of the total population.
• Minorities are 23.17% of the 60 and older population.
• 24,565 of the 60 and older population are near or below the poverty level (13.77% of the 60 and older population).
• 30,387 of the 65 and older population are deficient in two or more activities of daily living.
• Hillsborough County has more citizens aged 60 and older than eight states in the United States - Alaska, Wyoming, Vermont, Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Rhode Island.