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Why It's Important

Most men over 65 live with spouses (76 percent), although there are racial and ethnic variations. Only 19 percent of older men live alone. However, only 42 percent of women 65 and over live with spouses and 39 percent live alone. There are also racial and ethnic differences among older women.

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According to a recent report by the Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development entitled, Elderly Housing Consumption: Historical Patterns and Projected Trends:

• The number of senior households headed by those 85 or older will increase by approximately 88 percent from 2.9 million households in 2005 to 5.4 million households by 2030. 

Figure ES.1: Historical and Projected Change
in the Number of Householders

HH Age	Percentage Change in the Number of Householders
	1985-2005 (1)	Average Annual Change (1985-2005)	2005-2030	Average Annual Change (2005-2030)
<35	-0.7	0.0	14.6	0.5
35-44	20.8	1.2	7.0	0.3
45-54	44.7	3.0	1.1	0.0
55-61	26.0	1.5	22.0	0.8
62-74	1.7	0.1	89.1	2.6
75-84	27.5	1.6	84.6	2.5
85+	12.6	0.7	87.5	2.5
Total	19.1	1.1	28.8	1.0
1) Data for 2004 and 2005 are estimates. Note: HH - Householder. Source: ICF Consulting analysis of AHS Data.

(ELDERLY HOUSING CONSUMPTION:
HISTORICAL PATTERNS AND PROJECTED TRENDS, 2008)

 

According to the Administration on Aging in a report entitled, A Profile of Older Americans, 2008:

• Over half (55.3%) the older noninstitutionalized persons lived with their spouse in 2007.
• Approximately 11.2 million or 72.8% of older men, and 8.7 million or 42.2% of older women, lived with their spouse.  The proportion living with their spouse decreased with age, especially for women.
• Only 30.1% of women 75+ years old lived with a spouse.
• 30.2% (10.9 million) of all noninstitutionalized older persons in 2007 lived alone (7.9 million women, 2.9 million men). They represented 38.6 of older women and 19.0% of older men.
• Among women aged 75 and over, half (49%) lived alone.
• While a relatively small number (1.57 million) and percentage (4.4%) of the 65+ population in 2007 lived in institutional settings such as nursing homes, the percentage increases dramatically with age, ranging from 1.3% for persons 65-74 years to 4.1% for persons 75-84 years and 15.1% for persons 85+. In addition, approximately 2%-5% of the elderly lived in senior housing with at least one supportive service available to their residents.

(ADMINISTRATION ON AGING, A PROFILE OF OLDER AMERICANS, 2008)

 

Data & Information Sources

Administration on Aging, A Profile of Older Americans, 2008
http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Aging_Statistics/Profile/2008/6.aspx

Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics
http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/main_site/default.aspx

Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development entitled, Elderly Housing Consumption: Historical Patterns and Projected Trends, 2008
http://www.huduser.org/datasets/ahs/Elderly_Housing_Consumption.pdf

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/