Hendricks County Demographic Report on the Population of Elders: an Overview of Census 2000 Data

Hendricks County Demographic Report on the Population of Elders: An Overview of Census 2000 Data Population total though the unemployment rate among seniors Total in 2000 104093 across Indiana is 3.45%. Total in 2006 (est.) 131204 % Growth 2000-2006 26.04% The proportion of females to males generally Ages 65 and over in 2000 10138 increases in older cohorts, but in Hendricks County Ages 65 and over in 2006 12855 females begin to outnumber males in earlier cohorts % 65 and over in 2006 9.8% than most Indiana counties. % Growth (65+) 2000-2006 27% Population over 85 in 2006 1561 Population est. 55-64 2006 9145 Spanish Speakers (65+) 26 In Hendricks County the largest number of seniors Speak little or no Engl. (65+) 3 falls into the income category from $5,000 and The growth rates in the total population and in the $9,999, as in most counties in Indiana. *Note that population of seniors in Hendricks County were each income categories for this graph are larger for those the second fastest of Indiana counties following making more than $54,999. Hamilton County in the period from 2000 to 2006.

Housing Households with 1 or more 65+ 6844 Number of 65+ householders 6226 % 65+ householders who own (v. rent) 85.45 % 65+ householders living in housing 33.49 built before 1960 % 65+ householders who moved in 29.15 before 1970 (*Number of seniors ages 65 and over by census tract.) Number of 65+ females living alone 1959 Number of 65+ male living alone 506 Income % of householders living alone 39.59 % of ages 65+ living below poverty level 7.4 % of 65+ householders who pay >35% 26.82 % of total population below poverty level 3.6 Ages 65+ living below 150% of poverty 19.49 of income for housing Labor force participation rate for ages 65+ 12.82 The percentage of senior householders in Hendricks Unemployment rate (%) among labor force 0 County who live in older housing is much smaller participants ages 65+ than the percentage of senior householders who live The percentage of seniors in Hendricks County that in older housing across Indiana (48.6%), and the lives below the poverty level is larger than the percentage of senior householders in the county percentage of the county’s total population, but who have been living in the same household for over slightly smaller than the percentage of seniors across thirty years is also much smaller than the Indiana that lives below the poverty level (7.7%). corresponding percentage across the state (37.8%). The labor-force participation rate among seniors in Hendricks County is slightly lower than the rate Grandparents as Caregivers for Grandchildren among seniors across Indiana (13.93%), but no 18 Years Old and Younger seniors in the county are registered as unemployed, Tot. % Aged 65+ who live with one or 170 2.87% (of Hendricks County Demographic Report on the Population of Elders: An Overview of Census 2000 Data more own grandchildren sample) Aged 65+ having primary 20 *11.76% responsibility for grandchildren Aged 65+ live with, but not 150 *88.24% responsible for grandchildren Aged 55-64 who live with one or 250 4.41% (of more own grandchildren sample) Aged 55-64 having primary 130 *52% responsibility for grandchildren Aged 55-64 live with, but not 120 *48% responsible for grandchildren *Percent of total of those who live with one or more of their own grandchildren. Sample size for 65+ = 5930; sample size for ages 55-64 = 5670.

Most householders over 64 years old own their home as opposed to rent, while one third of all seniors live alone. The percentage of senior householders in Hendricks County who own their home is larger than the percentage of senior householders who own their home across Indiana (82.13%), but the percentage of householders ages 85 years and older in the county who own their home is slightly smaller than the corresponding percentage across Indiana (70.94%). The percentage of seniors in Hendricks County who live alone is smaller than the percentage of all seniors who live alone across Indiana (29.11%).

Disabilities among Non- Total institutionalized Population Aged number 60+ Sensory 1590 Physical 2605 learning/remembering/concentrating 690 Self-care disability 695 Go-outside-home disability 1145 Employment disability 210 Percent of ages 65+ with any 38.6 disability *Categories are not mutually exclusive. (Source: US Census Summary File 3)