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e 0 Profile of County of Hawaii's Older Populati ratio for PSA4 in the 85 and over age group is 75.9 males for every 100 females, which is slightly higher than the state's ratio of 70.6 males per 100 females in the same age group. Interestingly, the number of males per 100 females is 97 in rural areas compared to 68 among those living in urban areas of Hawaii County. Although the 85+ age group represents only 8% of the total older population, service delivery challenges could be drastically more demanding than those in the younger age groups. Another bulge of the aging population is also expected to occur in 2011 when a significant number of baby boomers will reach 65 years of age. Racial and Ethnic Composition of PSA4 60+ Older Individuals, 2000 Census The racial and ethnic composition of Big Island's elderly mirrors the diversity of The Sex ratio of NO loland'o older population mirrors the national trend. the state's population, which is rooted in the development of Racial Distribution Hawaii's plantation economy and U.S. liberal immigration of PSA4 60+ policy during and after the cold war. Approximately 65 out of Arn.lndian Black/African Hispan./Latino, AI.Nat., 0.2% American, 3.7% 100 individuals 60 years old and over in PSA4 are non-white. I 0.3% There are more Asian elderly (44.3%) than any of the other While, 35.2% racial categories. The white population represents 35.2% of the aged population and distributed all over the island with Two or more races, 9.8% highest numbers in North Kona (2,885), South Hilo (2,111), some other races, 0.1 % and Puna (1,878). Kohala also shows a modest number (1,162) of white individuals sixty years old and over. The number of older Black/African American and American Indian/Alaska Native was very insignificant, thus they are grouped together with other ethnic category in the chart below. The pie chart below displays the ethnic distribution of PSA4's aging population Ethnic Distribution PSA4 60+ Individuals Korean, Others, 0.56% 14.68% Caucasian, Chinese, 36.57% 1.27% Native Hawaiians, 5.95% Japanese, Filipino, 30.32% 10.66% Page -3 -of 11 and depicts that approximately six out of ten of the Big Island's older adults are non -Caucasian. The census classification of Caucasian includes the Portuguese group. The percentage of older Caucasians and older Filipinos approximate their relative ethnic distribution in the total population Asian, 44.3% Nat Haw/Pac.lsl 6.4% 2/3 of F5A4 60+ io non- white of which 4 out of ten non -whites are of Asian background. I