ORLANDO; Fla. (AP) — In 15 years, every fourth Floridian will be age 65 or older. Florida’s concentration of senior citizens will be in the Sarasota area, the Treasure Coast, the Sebring area and The Villages retirement behemoth northwest of Orlando. Florida’s largest cities will skew much younger. Here is a list by county of the number of senior citizens projected in 2030, the percentage of residents over age 65 in 2030 and the percentage of residents over age 85 in 2030.
Alachua; 55,681; 19.3; 2.3
Baker; 5,925; 17.3; 1.5
Bay; 43,589; 21.6; 2.5
Bradford; 6,823; 22.7; 2.8
Brevard; 192,375; 30.0; 3.5
Broward; 437,353; 22.4; 3.1
Calhoun; 3,683; 22.3; 2.5
Charlotte; 79,376; 41.7; 5.2
Citrus; 68,482; 39.2; 5.1
Clay; 52,013; 19.4; 1.9
Collier; 145,539; 32.6; 5.0
Columbia; 19,738; 24.0; 2.5
DeSoto; 8,364; 22.4; 2.6
Dixie; 5,755; 28.8; 2.3
Duval; 190,782; 19.0; 2.0
Escambia; 68,894; 21.8; 2.4
Flagler; 48,244; 29.2; 3.3
Franklin; 2,836; 23.7; 2.5
Gadsden; 11,287; 22.6; 1.9
Gilchrist; 5,868; 28.4; 3.7
Glades; 4,133; 27.6; 3.6
Gulf; 3,903; 24.0; 2.5
Hamilton; 3,961; 24.2; 2.1
Hardee; 4,889; 17.0; 1.9
Hendry; 7,117; 17.1; 2.0
Hernando; 72,656; 30.9; 3.9
Highlands; 45,938; 39.4; 4.7
Hillsborough; 272,175; 16.6; 1.7
Holmes; 5,191;24.3; 2.4
Indian River; 64,082; 35.6; 4.7
Jackson; 11,733; 23.2; 3.2
Jefferson; 4,672; 29.3; 2.4
Lafayette; 1,800; 17.8; 1.8
Lake; 129,647; 30.2; 3.0
Lee; 277,190; 29.6; 2.8
Leon; 53,039; 16.4; 1.7
Levy; 13,911; 27.9; 2.4
Liberty; 1,682; 15.5; 1.5
Madison; 4,651; 23.7; 2.5
Manatee; 130,495; 30.5; 3.5
Marion; 149,827; 33.5; 3.8
Martin; 65,528; 37.2; 5.3
Miami-Dade; 578,364; 19.2; 2.5
Monroe; 19,609; 28.5; 2.6
Nassau; 27,592; 27.7; 2.3
Okaloosa; 45,790; 21.7; 2.4
Okeechobee; 9,560; 21.4; 2.5
Orange; 229,513; 14.3; 1.4
Osceola; 75,405; 16.8; 1.4
Palm Beach; 446,646; 27.6; 4.0
Pasco; 165,657; 25.6; 2.7
Pinellas; 289,239; 31.3; 4.0
Polk; 197,562; 24.6; 2.5
Putnam; 20,033; 26.5; 2.5
Santa Rosa; 41,814; 20.2; 1.8
Sarasota; 182,328; 39.0; 5.6
Seminole; 96,312; 19.0; 2.2
St. Johns; 72,430; 23.4; 2.5
St. Lucie; 102,293; 24.9; 2.6
Sumter; 87,853; 51.2; 8.1
Suwannee; 13,326; 25.0; 3.2
Taylor; 6,194; 25.0; 2.6
Union; 2,919; 16.6; 1.4
Volusia; 166,418; 29.3; 3.3
Wakulla; 7,293; 18.3; 1.5
Walton; 18,487; 22.6; 1.9
Washington; 6,061; 21.0; 1.9
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Associated Press analysis of data from the state Office of Economic and Demographic Research
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