STATISTICS ON OLDER AMERICANS

Every hour of every day, 330 Americans turn 60.

As
of July 1, 2006, there were 37.3 million United States residents age 63
and older. This age group accounted for 12 percent of the total
population.

By
2050, the U.S. will have 86.7 million people age 65 and older. At that
time, they will compromise 21 percent of the nation's population.

By 2030, one in five Americans will be older than 65.

The number of people over 100 doubles every decade.

STATISTICS ON SENIOR FLORIDIANS

Florida has 4, 157, 824 residents age 60 and older.

Florida women age 60+ outnumber men in the same age group: 2, 313, 656 women compared to 1, 844, 168 men.

There are 958, 220 Floridians age 60 and older living alone.

Seniors invest $3.5 billion in Florida charities annually.

The 'spending power' of Florida's elders is $135 billion annully.

Elder Floridians pay $1 billion in local school taxes each year.

Florida's
seniors comprise the largest voting block in the state; 59 percent of
the state's voters in the 2006 General Election were age 60 and older.