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Study Shows Indiana is Getting Older
By Deanna Wrenn, South Bend Tribune
March 10, 2004
The number of Indiana residents between the ages of 15 and 44 has dropped by more than 35,000 since the 2000 Census, according to estimates released Wednesday.
The 1.3 percent decline in the 15-to-44 group marks the only category in which Indiana's population decreased, U.S. Census Bureau data shows. Overall, population increased slightly.
Those numbers partially reflect college graduates and 20-something job seekers moving away, said Carol Rogers, associate director of the Indiana Business Research Center and the governor's liaison to the U.S. Census Bureau. Rogers said people over 30 are starting to come back to Indiana, however, which offsets the decline somewhat.
As more specific age data from the Census Bureau becomes available, such trends could become clearer, she said.
More than half the states lost residents in the age group.
Overall, the state grew by about 115,000 people, or 1.9 percent, between 2000 and 2003. Total population is estimated to be about 6.19 million.
"We're growing by inches," Rogers said. "We're not seeing the fast rate of growth that we saw during the '90s."
Indiana's greatest population jump was in those 85 years or older, which officials attribute to advances in medical science. Every state showed growth in the category and nationwide, the numbers increased by 11.2 percent.
Indiana's 10.4 percent increase ranked the state 29th in the country for that age group.
About 9,500 more people 85 or older were counted in 2003 than 2000.
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