Kenai Peninsula Ranks Highest Senior Population

Author: KSRM News Desk |

According to new numbers from the state, the Kenai Peninsula has the highest senior population in Alaska.

 

Demographer David Howell with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development said typically Alaska has had a younger population however our “baby boomer” generation is aging into senior status.

 

 Howell: “Historically we have not had a senior citizen population so we don’t have some of the things in place that this population might need and that will definitely lead to changes. But for the most part our migration by age is pretty stable by an annual basis and a lot of people come in and out of the state, about 40,000 move people move in and about 40,000 people move out every year”

 

Currently Alaskans 50 and older account for 36% of the population on the peninsula with the rest of the state seeing only about a 27% senior population.

 

Demographer Eddie Hunsinger predicted that if the trend continues for the next 20 years, seniors 65 and older will make up approximately 25% of the population on the peninsula compared to 15% statewide and 20% nationwide.

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