Older Americans Month Census Facts

May is Older Americans Month. This year's theme of "Older Americans Month" is "Get Into The Act".  Every Year the U.S. Census Bureau provides a fact sheet to celebrate this month. 

Here are some highlights from this fact sheet:

• 44.7 million people in the U.S.were 65 or older in 2012
• $35,611 is the median income of householders 65 and older
• 9.5% is the poverty rate for people 65 and older
• 18.7% of Florida's population was 65 or older in 2012.
• 4.9 million full time year round workers were 65 and older in 2012.
• 9.3 million veterans of the armed services are age 65 or older 
• 62.4% of those 65 and above accessed the Internet  through a  high - speed Internet connection

The full census report can be found here.