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Population 65 Years and Over in Nursing Homes by Age, 1990 and 2000

The following table shows the percent of persons in the U.S. population age 65 and over that live in nursing homes.

Age	Percent of age group		2000
Age	1990	2000	2000
65 years and over	5.1%	4.5%	1,557,800
65 to 74 years	1.4	1.1	210,159
75 to 84 years	6.1	4.7	574,908
85 years and over	24.5	18.2	772,733

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 special tabulation; 1990 Census of Population, Nursing Home Population: 1990 (CPH-L-137).

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