Aging Statistics
Maryland's Individuals with Disabilities - Aged 60+ FY2000 Projections by Jurisdictions

Low-income older individuals are concentrated in the Baltimore Metropolitan area, with smaller numbers of older, poorer individuals residing in Western Maryland and on the Eastern Shore. In 1990, 65,648 older Marylanders lived in poverty as defined by the federal poverty guidelines published in 1989.

City	Total 60+ Population	60+ with Disabilities	% of 60+ Population	% of State's 60+ with Disabilities
Allegany	17,105	3,467	20.3%	2.3%
Anne Arundel	67,510	12,235	18.1%	8.0%
Baltimore Co.	140,313	28,221	20.1%	18.4%
Calvert	9,149	1,689	18.5%	1.1%
Caroline	5,264	1,038	19.7%	0.7%
Carroll	21,770	4,246	19.5%	2.8%
Cecil	12,254	2,233	18.2%	1.5%
Charles	13,547	2,409	17.8%	1.6%
Dorchester	7,008	1,378	19.7%	0.9%
Frederick	25,355	4,842	19.1%	3.2%
Garrett	5,962	1,159	19.4%	0.8%
Harford	30,352	5,456	18.0%	3.6%
Howard	26,606	4,866	18.3%	3.2%
Kent	4,677	949	20.3%	0.6%
Montgomery	130,647	25,965	19.9%	16.9%
Prince George's	90,558	15,784	17.4%	10.3%
Queen Anne	7,105	1,307	18.4%	0.9%
St. Mary's	10,876	2,000	18.4%	1.3%
Somerset	4,563	878	19.2%	0.6%
Talbot	8,832	1,765	20.0%	1.1%
Washington	24,225	4,790	19.8%	3.1%
Wicomico	14,018	2,715	19.4%	1.8%
Worcester	12,379	2,256	18.2%	1.5%
Baltimore City	110,961	21,938	19.8%	14.3%
Total	801,036	153,585	19.2%	100.0%
Source: For 60+ data - U.S. Census 2000; MD Dept of Planning, Population Projections - 7/20/01; for 60+ with Disabilities data - MD Dept of Aging Extrapolation Using 2000 Census Data and Compilation Developed by the National Aging Information Center. Rounding may affect totals.