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People Statistics · Region

Residents 65 and over in Wisconsin

1990 – 2021 · 32 data points 17 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 22, 2026
People · Wisconsin United States

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2021

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Latest value · 2021 18.0% +0.5 pp since 2020
Regions of United States · 2021 17 of 51 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2011 +4.1 pp
vs United States +0.8 pp United States: 17.2% · 2024
Residents 65 and over, 1990 – 2021 percent · Wisconsin · United States · World
+4.1 pp since 2011
Wisconsin United States World

Sources: OECD Regional Database · U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2021

Compared with Residents 65 and over · percent
Wisconsin
18.0%
United States
17.2% · 2024
World
10.4% · 2025

Sources: OECD Regional Database · U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Wisconsin · 1990 – 2021
Latest value 18.0% · 2021
First value 13.3% · 1990
Highest 18.0% · 2021
Lowest 13.0% · 2002
Data points 32

By year

All years · 1990 – 2021

YearWisconsinChange United StatesWorld
2021 18.0% +0.5 pp 16.0% 9.5%
2020 17.4% +1.1 pp — 9.3%
2019 16.4% −0.6 pp — 9.1%
2018 17.0% +0.5 pp — 8.9%
2017 16.5% +0.5 pp — 8.7%
2016 16.0% +0.4 pp — 8.4%
2015 15.5% +0.4 pp — 8.3%
2014 15.1% +0.4 pp — 8.1%
2013 14.7% +0.4 pp — 7.9%
2012 14.3% +0.5 pp — 7.8%
2011 13.9% +0.2 pp — 7.7%
2010 13.7% +0.2 pp — 7.6%
2009 13.6% +0.1 pp — 7.5%
2008 13.4% +0.2 pp — 7.5%
2007 13.2% +0.1 pp — 7.4%
2006 13.1% +0.1 pp — 7.3%
2005 13.1% +0.0 pp — 7.3%
2004 13.1% +0.0 pp — 7.2%
2003 13.0% ±0.0 pp — 7.1%
2002 13.0% −0.0 pp — 7.0%
2001 13.1% −0.0 pp — 6.9%
2000 13.1% −0.0 pp — 6.8%
1999 13.2% −0.1 pp — 6.8%
1998 13.2% −0.0 pp — 6.7%
1997 13.3% −0.1 pp — 6.6%
1996 13.3% −0.0 pp — 6.5%
1995 13.4% +0.0 pp — 6.5%
1994 13.4% −0.0 pp — 6.4%
1993 13.4% +0.0 pp — 6.3%
1992 13.3% +0.0 pp — 6.2%
1991 13.3% +0.0 pp — 6.1%
1990 13.3% — 6.1%

Sources: OECD Regional Database · U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2021

Ranking · Regions of United States

2012 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryResidents 65 and over
1 Florida 18.2%
2 Maine 17.0%
3 West Virginia 16.8%
4 Pennsylvania 16.0%
5 Montana 15.7%
6 Vermont 15.7%
7 Delaware 15.4%
8 Iowa 15.3%
9 Hawaii 15.2%
10 Rhode Island 15.1%
11 Arkansas 15.0%
12 Connecticut 14.9%
13 Oregon 14.8%
14 Arizona 14.8%
15 Ohio 14.8%
16 South Carolina 14.8%
17 New Hampshire 14.7%
18 Missouri 14.7%
19 Michigan 14.6%
20 Alabama 14.5%
21 South Dakota 14.5%
22 Massachusetts 14.4%
23 North Dakota 14.4%
24 Wisconsin 14.3%
25 Tennessee 14.2%
26 New Jersey 14.2%
27 New York 14.1%
28 New Mexico 14.1%
29 Kentucky 14.0%
30 Oklahoma 14.0%
31 Nebraska 13.9%
32 North Carolina 13.8%
33 Kansas 13.7%
34 Indiana 13.6%
35 Minnesota 13.5%
36 Mississippi 13.5%
37 Idaho 13.3%
38 Illinois 13.2%
39 Nevada 13.2%
40 Wyoming 13.2%
41 Washington 13.1%
42 Maryland 13.0%
43 Virginia 13.0%
44 Louisiana 13.0%
45 California 12.1%
46 Colorado 11.8%
47 Georgia 11.5%
48 District of Columbia 11.4%
49 Texas 10.9%
50 Utah 9.5%
51 Alaska 8.6%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2012

What it means

The share of residents aged 65 and over — retirees and seniors.

How it is calculated

Residents aged 65 and older divided by the total population.