OLDER ADULTS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY
           
  1990 
Census		 2000 
Census		 2005 Estimate  2010  Projection 2020  Projection
          Age 60+ 
Number 17,609 21,214 23,456 26,714 34,811
% of total 16.5% 16.3% 17.1% 18.2% 21.0%
 
          Age 65+
Number 12,955 15,802 16,640 18,745 25,184
% of total 12.2% 12.1% 12.1% 12.8% 15.2%
 
          Age 75+
Number 5,107 7,020 7,520 8,038 10,332
% of total 4.8% 5.4% 5.5% 5.5% 6.2%
 
          Age 85+
Number 968 1,706 2,054 2,265 2,839
% of total 0.9% 1.3% 1.5% 1.5% 1.7%
Total Population 106,546 130,454 137,283 146,561 165,457
Source:  US Census Bureau, 1980, 1990, & 2000 Census of Population & Housing.  NC Office of  Budget & Management, State Demographer, projections for 2010 and 2020 issued in the fall of 2006.  Numbers compiled by the PTCOG Regional Data Center.

 

GROWTH RATES
  Past Current Projected
  1990-2000 2000 - 2005 2000 - 2010 2000 - 2020
Total Population 22.4% 5.2% 18.2% 31.2%
Age 60+ 20.5% 10.6% 25.9% 64.1%
Age 65+ 22.0% 5.3% 18.6% 59.4%
Age 75+ 37.5% 7.1% 14.5% 47.2%
Age 85+ 76.2% 20.4% 32.8% 66.4%
Source:  US Census Bureau, 1980, 1990, & 2000 Census of Population & Housing.  NC Office of  Budget & Management, State Demographer, projections for 2010 and 2020 issued in the fall of 2006.  Numbers compiled by the PTCOG Regional Data Center.

 

Concentrations of Older Adults
Randolph County, NC, 2000

Source:  2000 Census of Population & Housing, Mapped by the PTCOG Regional Data Center.
Updated February, 2006.