per the most recent census, how many people born in 1936 in this country are still living?

Answer 1

When you say "this country" do you mean the Internet, or just Yahoo specifically?

Answer 2

The most recent national census done in 2000 will not provide you with this information other than the info that 4.5% of the 288,378,137 people living in 2000 were of the cohort from 60-64 years in age, or approximately 324,425 people were still living who were born in 1936. (64 is the age the 1936 babies would have been in 2000.)

The CDC's bureau of Vital Statistics gives you a lot more information.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9925897/site/newsweek/ gives a number of 831,500 babies born in national hospitals in 1936. At this time it was just becoming the fashion to be born in a hospital rathre than at home. My father was born in 1936 and was the first baby in a rural area to not be born at home in his family. So I am sure the 831,500 number misses quite a few births; as many as one in 10, bring the 1936 cohort to at least 914,650.

My extrapolation spits out about 35% of the cohort of 1936 babies still living at the time of the last census in 2000 (or 320,128). Extrapolated for today, seven years later, leaves us 209,074 of the 1936 cohort still with us, or 23% of them still living.

Good luck downloading (let alone wading through) those mega-census record files from the bureau of vital statistics!!!

Oh, and by the way my dad is one of the lucky 23%!

Answer 3

US population in 2006 was 332,000,000. Of those 12% were over 65 years of age. In 2000 it was reported by PRB that 8 % were between the age of 71 and 74. (born 1936 would be 71 today)

Answer 4

less by the day