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New Jersey Ranks 19th in the Nation in Senior Resident Population
Source: Small Business Survival Committee: 2004

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             
1 Florida 17.3
26 Oregon 12.7
2 Pennsylvania 15.6   27 Kentucky 12.5
3 West Virginia 15.4   28 Tennessee 12.4
4 Iowa 14.8   29 Indiana 12.3
4 North Dakota 14.8   29 Michigan 12.3
6 Maine 14.4   31 South Carolina 12.2
7 Rhode Island 14.3   32 Mississippi 12.1
8 South Dakota 14.2   33 Illinois 12.0
9 Arkansas 14.0   33 Minnesota 12.0
10 Connecticut 13.7   33 New Hampshire 12.0
11 Massachusetts 13.5   33 North Carolina 12.0
11 Montana 13.5   37 New Mexico 11.9
11 Nebraska 13.5   37 Wyoming 11.9
14 Hawaii 13.4   39 Louisiana 11.6
14 Missouri 13.4   40 Idaho 11.3
16 Ohio 13.3   40 Maryland 11.3
17 Kansas 13.2   42 Virginia 11.2
17 Oklahoma 13.2   42 Washington 11.2
19 Alabama 13.1   44 Nevada 11.0
19 NEW JERSEY 13.1   45 California 10.6
21 Delaware 13.0   46 Texas 9.9
21 Wisconsin 13.0   47 Colorado 9.6
23 Arizona 12.9   48 Georgia 9.5
23
 New York 12.9   49 Utah 8.6
23 Vermont 12.9   50 Alaska      6.0
             
          50 State Average
12.53%
          N.J. % Above Average 5%

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