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Comprehensive Plan Introductory Element <br />TABLE 1.7 <br />PERCENT OF POPULATION BY AGE <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />Year <br />5 & under <br />6-19 <br />20-34 <br />35-64 <br />65+ <br />1930 <br />10.7 <br />29.9 <br />25.5 <br />28.9 <br />5.0 <br />1940 <br />8.6 <br />28.3 <br />25.3 <br />30.9 <br />6.9 <br />1950 <br />11.1 <br />24.2 <br />21.2 <br />34.7 <br />8.8 <br />1960 <br />11.0 <br />25.6 <br />15.9 <br />33.6 <br />13.9 <br />1970 <br />7.9 <br />27.4 <br />15.2 <br />32.2 <br />17.3 <br />1980 <br />6.4 <br />19.5 <br />19.6 <br />34.1 <br />20.4 <br />1990 <br />5.5 <br />16.0 <br />17.7 <br />33.6 <br />27.3 <br />2000 <br />4.7 <br />16.6 <br />13.1 <br />36.4 <br />29.2 <br />2005 <br />4.7* <br />16.2* <br />13.5 <br />38.3 <br />27.4 <br />2007 <br />4.7* <br />16.0* <br />13.7 <br />38.5 <br />27.1 <br />Source: Data for years 1930 through 2000 are from the U.S. Bureau of Census, Census of Population. Data from <br />the year 2005 are from the Florida Office of Economic & Demographic Research, Demographic Estimating <br />Conference Database, April 1, 2005. Data from the year 2007 are from the Florida Office of Economic & <br />Demographic Research, Demographic Estimating Conference Database, February 2008 and August 2008. *Note: <br />Actual age categories are 0 to 4 years and 5 to 19 years. <br />Generally, the percentage of the total population contained in each age group provides a better <br />indication of the aging of the population than simply looking at the number of people in each age <br />group over time. The most obvious trend occurs in the 35-64 age cohort. Except for 1930, this <br />group consistently commanded a larger share of the population than any other group and increased <br />from 28.9% of the total in 1930 to 38.5% in 2007, an increase of 9.6 percentage points. The only <br />other group that increased its percent of total population was the over 65 age group, which grew <br />from 5% in 1930 to 27.1% in 2007, an increase of 22.1 percentage points. <br />While the three youngest age groups have all declined as a percent of the total population, the age <br />group in the workforce, those between 20 and 65, has remained fairly consistent over time, with <br />54.4% in 1930, dropping to 52.2% in 2007. This shows that the pre-school and school age <br />population, those under 20, lost ground to the elders between 1930 and 2007. Despite a numerical <br />increase of nearly 29,000 persons, this age group represented 20.7% of the total in 2007, compared <br />with 40.6% in 1930. <br />Community Development Department Indian River County <br />15 <br />