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Indiana's population is aging, 2000 census data reveal
May 17, 2001
NOTE: Following are highlights from demographic profile data for Indiana released today (May 17) by the U.S. Census Bureau. Analysis of the data for Indiana cities, towns and townships is available at STATS Indiana (http://www.stats.indiana.edu). For more information, call Joan Morand of the Indiana Business Research Center at 317-274-0872.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana's population is aging, with the state's median age at 35.2 in 2000, up from 32.8 in 1990 and 29.2 in 1980, according to data released today (May 17) by the U.S. Census Bureau. Half of the population are older than the median age and half are younger.
An analysis of the data was released by Joan P. Morand, research director with the Indiana Business Research Center in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. IBRC serves as the state's official liaison with the U.S. Bureau of the Census and regularly analyzes state population trends.
Details of the census data for Indiana's counties, cities and townships are available through STATS Indiana (http://www.stats.indiana.edu). The data presented there include comparisons to 1990 and ranks. These highlights and subsequent analysis will be available on the IBRC Web site (http://www.ibrc.indiana.edu).
The state's population age 85 and over grew by 27.6 percent, three times faster than the state's overall growth rate between 1990 and 2000, with almost 20,000 additional Hoosiers in this age group.
The "baby boom" population is now between the ages of 35 and 54, accounting for rapid growth (28 percent) in this age group between 1990 and 2000.
The number of males moved closer to the number of females, with 96.3 males for every 100 females in 2000, up from 94.1 in 1990.
The number of Hoosier households continued to grow, while the average household size shrank.
The number of "traditional" households (married couples with their own children under age 18) declined between 1990 and 2000. All other household categories increased (married couples with no children, persons living alone, and single-parent households with children).
Indiana's group quarters population (people living in college dormitories, prisons, nursing homes or long-term care facilities, for example) grew at about the same rate as the household population between 1990 and 2000, and it still comprises a relatively small number of Hoosiers (about 3 percent) at the state level.
Indiana's median age was about the same as the nation in 1990, and the Hoosier state experienced the same increase as the nation between 1990 and 2000. The median age increased in all 92 Hoosier counties between 1990 and 2000.
Most broad age groups of the state's population have grown between 1990 and 2000, with the largest growth accounted for by the baby boom population.
The number of Indiana children has grown more slowly than the state average, with growth rates of 6 percent for children under age 5 and about 9 percent for school age children (5 to 17).
The young adult population (age 18 to 34) experienced a decline in population, as the younger baby boomers moved out of this group.
The baby boom population is now between the ages of 35 and 54. This age group experienced the fastest growth rate since 1990 (28 percent) and added more than 387,000 people.
The 65-and-over group has grown by more than 56,000 in the last 10 years and totaled 753,000 in 2000 for a growth rate of 8.1 percent.
The state's 85-and-older population grew rapidly since 1990 (27.6 percent) and added almost 20,000 Hoosiers for a total of 91,558 in 2000.
The total number of households in the state increased from 2,065,355 in 1990 to 2,336,306 in 2000, for a growth rate of 13.1 percent. During the same period, population grew by 9.7 percent.
The average household size declined from 2.61 in 1990 to 2.53 in 2000. Average household size declined in 91of 92 Hoosier counties. Elkhart County saw the only growth in average household size, a very small increase from 2.71 in 1990 to 2.72 in 2000.
The number of households consisting of married couples with their own children declined between 1990 and 2000. This household type now represents less than one in four in the state (24 percent), down from 27 percent in 1990.
The number of married couples with no children under age 18 grew by almost 57,000, but experienced a small decline in share of total Hoosier households to 30 percent in 2000, down from 31 percent in 1990.
The number of single-parent households with children grew by almost 52,000 between 1990 and 2000 and now represents 9.1 percent of all Indiana households, up from 7.7 percent in 1990.
The most dramatic growth rate for households belonged to single fathers (described by the Census Bureau as single male householders with children), whose numbers increased from 30,000 in 1990 to over 51,000 in 2000, for a growth rate of 73 percent. Because of this growth, single fathers now account for about one in four households headed by a single parent, up from 18.6 percent in 1990.
The largest numeric growth in households belonged to one-person households, adding more than 108,000 since 1990, for a growth rate of 22 percent. The share of one-person Hoosier households increased to 26 percent in 2000, up from 24 percent in 1990.
The total number of housing units rose from 2,246,046 in 1990 to 2,532,319 in 2000. This represents an increase of 286,273 housing units for a growth rate of 12.7 percent. The state's population grew by 9.7 percent during the same period.
The number of owner-occupied units increased from 1.45 million to 1.67 million for a growth rate of 15 percent between 1990 and 2000. Only 667,000 housing units were occupied by renters in 2000.
The home ownership rate increased to 71.4 percent in 2000, up from 70.2 percent in 1990.
The number of Hoosiers living in group quarters facilities (college dormitories, prisons, nursing homes and long-term care facilities, for example) grew from 162,000 in 1990 to 178,000 in 2000. The proportion of Hoosiers living in group quarters facilities remained virtually unchanged, up slightly to 2.93 percent in 2000 from 2.92 percent in 1990.
A Web site at http://www.census.indiana.edu provides further details on the release of data.
For more information, contact Joan Morand, IBRC research director, at 317-274-0872 or jrainey@indiana.edu; or John Besl, IBRC demographer, at 812-855-7472 or jbesl@indiana.edu