Floyd County Demographic Report on the Population of Elders: An Overview of Census 2000 Data

Population / total
Total in 2000 / 70823
Total in 2006 (est.) / 72570
% Growth 2000-2006 / 2.47%
Ages 65 and over in 2000 / 8736
Ages 65 and over in 2006 / 9139
% 65 and over in 2006 / 12.59%
% Growth (65+) 2000-2006 / 4.6%
Population over 85 in 2006 / 1274
Population est. 55-64 2006 / 6380
Spanish Speakers (65+) / 25
Speak little or no Engl. (65+) / 12

The total population of Floyd County grew moderately during the period from 2000 to 2006, but its population of seniorsages 65 years and older grewproportionally almost twice as fast.

(*Number of seniors ages 65 and over by census tract)

Income
% of ages 65+ living below poverty level / 7.4
% of total population below poverty level / 8.7
Ages 65+ living below 150% of poverty / 18.6
Labor force participation rate for ages 65+ / 13.97
Unemployment rate (%) among labor force participants ages 65+ / 4.05

The percentage of seniors in Floyd County that lives below the poverty levelis smaller than the percentage of the county’s total population, and isslightly smaller than the percentage of seniors across Indiana (7.7%) that lives below the poverty level. The labor-force participation rate among seniors in Floyd County is nearly the same as among seniors across Indiana (13.93%), but unemployment among seniors in the county is slightly higher than among seniors across the state (3.45%).

While the proportion of females to males generally increases in older cohorts, in Floyd County women begin to outnumber men in younger cohorts than in the majority of Indiana Counties.

In Floyd County the income category between $5,000 and $9,999 contains the largest frequency of seniors, as in most counties in Indiana. *Note that income categories for this graph are larger for those making more than $54,999.

Housing
Households with 1 or more 65+ / 5956
Number of 65+ householders / 5439
% 65+ householders who own (v. rent) / 78.82
% 65+ householders living in housing built before 1960 / 53.04
% 65+ householders who moved in before 1970 / 41.18
Number of 65+ females living alone / 1862
Number of 65+ male living alone / 540
% of householders living alone / 44.16
% of 65+ householders who pay >35% of income for housing / 23.94

The percentage of senior householders in Floyd County who live in older housing is larger than the percentage of seniorhouseholders who live in older housing acrossIndiana (48.6%), and the percentage of senior householdersin the county who have been living in the same household for over thirty years is also larger than the corresponding percentage across the state (37.8%).

Grandparents as Caregivers for Grandchildren 18 Years Old and Younger

Tot. / %
Aged 65+ who live with one or more own grandchildren / 190 / 2.41% (of sample)
Aged 65+ having primary responsibility for grandchildren / 50 / *26.32%
Aged 65+ live with, but not responsible for grandchildren / 120 / *63.16%
Aged 55-64 who live with one or more own grandchildren / 310 / 4.92% (of sample)
Aged 55-64 having primary responsibility for grandchildren / 130 / *41.94%
Aged 55-64 live with, but not responsible for grandchildren / 180 / *58.06%

*Percent of total of those who live with one or more of their own grandchildren. Sample size for 65+ = 7880; sample size for ages 55-64 = 6300.

Most householders over 64 years old own their home as opposed to rent, while almost third of all seniors live alone. The percentage of senior householders in Floyd County who own their home issmaller than the percentage of senior householders who own their home across Indiana (82.13%), but the percentage of householders ages 85 years and older in the county who own their home is nearly the same as the corresponding percentage across the state (70.94%). The percentage of seniors inFloyd County who live alone is smaller than the percentage of all seniors who live alone across Indiana (29.11%).

Disabilities among Non-institutionalized Population Aged 60+ / Total number
Sensory / 855
Physical / 2370
learning/remembering/concentrating / 625
Self-care disability / 665
Go-outside-home disability / 1430
Employment disability / 190
Percent of ages 65+ with any disability / 39.2

*Categories are not mutually exclusive. (Source: US Census Summary File 3)