"Since Fla. is 13th in deaths per capita"
DeSantis should run long and strong on his Covid response. Florida beat the odds by a mile. NY and NJ were hellholes for Covid.
More than 90% of COVID deaths occurring among elderly adults: CDC
Nov 30, 2022Older people have always been known to be one of the groups at highest risk of death from COVID-19, but they now make up a larger share than ever before. As of the week ending Nov. 19, Americans aged 65 and older make up 92% of all deaths from the virus, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Ratio of elderly by stateCurrently, Florida and Maine have the highest percentage of senior citizens. Alaska and Utah have the lowest.
Vermont, Maine, Delaware and New Hampshire saw the highest rates of growth among their senior populations since the estimates from 2010 to 2014.
| State | Total population | Percentage over 65 | | Florida | 20,901,636 | 20.1% | | Maine | 1,335,492 | 20% | | West Virginia | 1,817,305 | 19.4% | | Vermont | 624,313 | 18.8% | | Delaware | 957,248 | 18.2% | | Montana | 1,050,649 | 18.2% | | Pennsylvania | 12,791,530 | 17.8% | | Hawaii | 1,422,094 | 17.8% | | New Hampshire | 1,348,124 | 17.5% | | South Carolina | 5,020,806 | 17.2% | | Oregon | 4,129,803 | 17.2% | | Arizona | 7,050,299 | 17.1% | | New Mexico | 2,092,454 | 16.9% | | Rhode Island | 1,057,231 | 16.8% | | Connecticut | 3,575,074 | 16.8% | | Iowa | 3,139,508 | 16.7% | | Michigan | 9,965,265 | 16.7% | | Ohio | 11,655,397 | 16.7% | | Arkansas | 2,999,370 | 16.6% | | Alabama | 4,876,250 | 16.5% | | Missouri | 6,104,910 | 16.5% | | Wisconsin | 5,790,716 | 16.5% | | South Dakota | 870,638 | 16.3% | | Massachusetts | 6,850,553 | 16.2% | | New York | 19,572,319 | 16.1% | | Tennessee | 6,709,356 | 16% | | Kentucky | 4,449,052 | 16% | | New Jersey | 8,878,503 | 15.9% | | North Carolina | 10,264,876 | 15.9% | | Wyoming | 581,024 | 15.7% | | Mississippi | 2,984,418 | 15.4% | | Kansas | 2,910,652 | 15.4% | | Minnesota | 5,563,378 | 15.4% | | Idaho | 1,717,750 | 15.4% | | Nevada | 2,972,382 | 15.4% | | Nebraska | 1,914,571 | 15.4% | | Indiana | 6,665,703 | 15.4% | | Oklahoma | 3,932,870 | 15.3% | | Illinois | 12,770,631 | 15.2% | | Washington | 7,404,107 | 15.1% | | Virginia | 8,454,463 | 15% | | Maryland | 6,018,848 | 15% | | Louisiana | 4,664,362 | 15% | | North Dakota | 756,717 | 14.9% | | California | 39,283,497 | 14% | | Colorado | 5,610,349 | 13.8% | | Georgia | 10,403,847 | 13.5% | | Texas | 28,260,856 | 12.3% | | District of Columbia | 692,683 | 12.1% | | Alaska | 737,068 | 11.2% |
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