HCOA Area Agency on Aging (AAA) 4-year Plan 2023 - 2027

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85+60+as Percentage of 60+Figure 2. Hawaii State Growth of 85+ 22%20%13%11%11%107,648 94,823 56,704 41,954 30,903 482,667 466,636 434,959 371,105 281,210 Population Growth Figure 3. Hawaii County Age 60+ 2040203020202010200072,51569,51461,04441,45726,352 Female by GenderFigure 5. Hawaiʻi County 60+ 51.5%48.5%Life ExpectancyFigure 4. Hawaiʻi County Female From 2020 to 2045, the percentage of older adults 85 and older is expected to double from 11% in 2020 to 22% in 2045 statewide. The projected increase in life expectancy will have great impacts on our in-home and LTC support systems. Nationally, a relatively small number of people (1.2 million) age 65 and older lived in nursing homes in Source: The Hawaiʻi State Data Book 2020 2019. However, the percentage increases with age, ranging from 1% for persons ages 65-74 to 2% for persons ages 75-84 and 8% for persons over age 85. (2020 Profile of Older Americans, ACL) In Hawaiʻi, the 85+ cohort is expected to nearly double in the next two decades from 11% in 2020 to 20% in 2040. (Figure 2) The population over the age of sixty in Hawaiʻi County is expected to almost triple from the years 2000 to 2040 to over 70,000 older adults (Figure 3). Life expectancy in Hawaiʻi County is one of the highest in the nation, with women outliving men by almost seven years (Figure 4). In Hawaiʻi County, older women represent over 51% of the older population. (Figure 5) As the population grows, women continue to represent a larger percentage of the older population. Source: The Hawaiʻi State Data Book 2020 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2016-2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates Source: Kevin Y. Kawamoto, MSW, Ph.D. “Our Changing Community by the Numbers” Presentation for EOA/AAA’s, 9/ 14/22. 20