#3 Top 50 Congressional Districts for Pop 75+ and Potential Caregiving/Support Challenges
Steve Landers MD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer, National Alliance for Care at Home
Landers StratAGEy Newsletter #3 6/10/2024
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Which Members of Congress Should Care the Most About Aging and Related Issues?
I think the right answer is that “they all should care a lot” because aging is one of the most important strategic issues / societal shifts facing our country, and because we should all value an aging-friendly society. In my 1st newsletter I shared the incredible projections for growth in the population age 85+—-There is so much work to be done by families, businesses, institutions, and in Congress and state legislatures! We are going to need empowered families, responsive age-friendly businesses, a strengthened caring workforce, improved healthcare institutions, new senior living options, and robust home and community-based solutions.
Let’s assume that there are many issues and competing demands facing our members of Congress. While they all should care, some congressional districts are already experiencing the demographic changes. These 50 members of Congress should be highly focused on aging-friendly policies. Whether their districts have become popular destinations for retirees to move, or they are aging communities where the birth rate and inflow of younger people hasn’t kept up, below is a top 50 out of 435 list I created using 2022 United States Census / American Community Survey Data. These districts are ranked on their average ranking on the 3 statistics in the table below.
When interpreting this table, please remember that districts are often funny, pretzel-shaped, geographies due to gerrymandering and apportionment. It’s possible that some of the districts here are adjacent to younger communities. You also may be interested to know what the other 385 districts not in this table look like? When looking at all districts, the median district population age 75+ is 50,000, the median Caregiver Support Ratio-75 is 3.9, and the median Potential Support Ratio-75 is 9.5. The district lowest ranked (435th) for these issues is the Texas 33rd with only 22,725 people age 75+, a Caregiver Support Ratio-75 is 7.5, and the median Potential Support Ratio-75 is 23.3.
Top 50 U.S. Congressional Districts for Population 75+ and Potential Caregiving/Support Challenges, 118th Congress
Key:
1. Florida-17th, Population 75+: 133,644
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 1.56, Potential Support Ratio-75: 3.16
2. Florida-19th, Population 75+: 123,419
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 1.65, Potential Support Ratio-75: 3.47
3. Florida-21st, Population 75+: 100,044
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.18, Potential Support Ratio-75: 4.62
4. Florida-22nd, Population 75+: 97,010
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 1.99, Potential Support Ratio-75: 4.68
5. Florida-13th, Population 75+: 94,070
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.39, Potential Support Ratio-75: 4.95
6. Florida-8th, Population 75+: 92,194
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.35, Potential Support Ratio-75: 5.02
7. Florida-12th, Population 75+: 90,565
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.33, Potential Support Ratio-75: 5.07
8. Florida-6th, Population 75+: 90,412
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.34, Potential Support Ratio-75: 5.02
9. Arizona-6th, Population 75+: 87,059
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.10, Potential Support Ratio-75: 5.41
10. Florida-11th, Population 75+: 86,087
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.23, Potential Support Ratio-75: 5.39
11. Arizona-8th, Population 75+: 81,717
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.49, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.01
12. Florida-18th, Population 75+: 77,609
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.45, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.10
13. Florida-16th, Population 75+: 76,480
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.60, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.15
14. North Carolina-11th, Population 75+: 74,050
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.69, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.19
15. Florida-23rd, Population 75+: 77,103
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.81, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.40
16. New Jersey-4th, Population 75+: 72,539
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.71, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.25
17. Michigan-1st, Population 75+: 75,156
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.82, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.25
18. Arizona-2nd, Population 75+: 71,854
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.72, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.76
19. Massachusetts-9th, Population 75+: 74,293
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.05, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.61
20. New York-12th, Population 75+: 68,012
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.57, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.97
21. Florida-26th, Population 75+: 73,971
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.92, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.83
22. Hawaii-1st, Population 75+: 66,886
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.64, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.76
23. Florida-3rd, Population 75+: 68,215
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Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.70, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.25
24. New York-3rd, Population 75+: 71,267
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.08, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.80
25. Pennsylvania-13th, Population 75+: 67,803
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.04, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.95
26. Minnesota-7th, Population 75+: 64,224
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.79, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.61
27. Pennsylvania-14th, Population 75+: 68,897
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.10, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.89
28. Florida-27th, Population 75+: 67,958
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.01, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.26
29. Arizona-1st, Population 75+: 71,912
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.10, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.18
30. Oregon-2nd, Population 75+: 63,134
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.75, Potential Support Ratio-75: 6.76
31. Virginia-9th, Population 75+: 68,680
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.10, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.23
32. Pennsylvania-9th, Population 75+: 67,288
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.09, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.10
33. West Virginia-1st, Population 75+: 74,422
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.15, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.26
34. Illinois-15th, Population 75+: 65,359
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.05, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.15
35. Arizona-9th, Population 75+: 67,717
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.06, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.53
36. California-2nd, Population 75+: 65,159
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.19, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.30
37. Ohio-6th, Population 75+: 65,994
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.19, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.31
38. Oregon-4th, Population 75+: 60,979
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 2.83, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.31
39. California-3rd, Population 75+: 64,295Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.20, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.36
40. New York-23rd, Population 75+: 66,405
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.27, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.32
41. Oklahoma-2nd, Population 75+: 63,120
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.10, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.82
42. Ohio-7th, Population 75+: 65,017
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.24, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.54
43. California-5th, Population 75+: 62,211
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.18, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.65
44. Pennsylvania-15th, Population 75+: 63,214
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.20, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.74
45. Tennessee-1st, Population 75+: 65,153
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.32, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.47
46. Iowa-2nd, Population 75+: 62,661
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.11, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.92
47. Florida-7th, Population 75+: 64,141
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.24, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.73
48. Pennsylvania-17th, Population 75+: 61,807
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.24, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.64
49. New York-19th, Population 75+: 64,355
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.24, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.90
50. South Carolina-7th, Population 75+: 61,533
Caregiver Support Ratio-75: 3.24, Potential Support Ratio-75: 7.34