California has the highest population of seniors in the nation and the aging population is expected to grow faster than any other age segment in upcoming years. 11.7% of Californians (over 3 million people) are 65 or older currently.
Here are the numbers from a study released by the Milken Institute.
US Metropolitan Areas Top 100 Places to Live for Seniors:
Provo-Orem, UT 1
Madison, WI 2
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 3
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 5
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 6
Salt Lake City, UT 6
Toledo, OH 8
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 9
Pittsburgh, PA 10
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 11
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 25
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 30
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 71
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 75
Modesto, CA 95
Fresno, CA 96
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 98
Stockton, CA 99
Bakersfield, CA 100
US Small Metropolitan Areas – Top 206:
Sioux Falls, SD 1
Iowa City, IA 2
Bismarck, ND 3
Columbia, MO 4
Rochester, MN 5
Gainesville, FL 6
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 58
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 63
Napa, CA 93
El Centro, CA 97
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 136
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 171
Redding, CA 227
Salinas, CA 230
Chico, CA 231
Madera-Chowchilla, CA 235
Yuba City, CA 242
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 243
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 248
Merced, CA 253
Visalia-Porterville, CA 255
