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Biggest share of people 65 and over? 👵

1Guess
Which states have the biggest share of people 65 and over? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Florida — retirement beaches, obviously!
2Answer
The real order is…
    Maine takes it — and retirement-famous Florida is only #3!
    📚 Background Everyone says Florida — but Florida is only #3. Maine and Vermont both have a larger share of people 65 and over. That's what a share does: it depends on everybody else too, so a state can have a very large number of older residents and still not lead this list. (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2023)
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    I bet… Florida — retirement beaches, obviously!
    3Compare
    Share of people 65 and over (%, ACS 2023)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)17.7 %
    Maine #1 22.9 %
    Highest: Maine (22.9 %); lowest: Utah (12.2 %).

    Note: this is a share — out of every 100 people, how many are 65 or older. A state can have a very large number of older residents and still not lead this list.

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    : 2023 (ACS 1-year estimates)
    U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey 2023 1-year profile DP05_0024PE (share of people 65 and over) (2026-08-02) — Official published survey estimates (the committed raw file is the API response, unchanged).
    ↳ On data.census.gov, open profile table “DP05” for 2023 and read DP05_0024PE (share of people 65 and over) by state.