Changing Aging

What state is your ideal retirement place?

Below are the top 10 states where retirees 60+ relocate.  The data comes from  Dr. Mark Fagan at Jacksonville State University in Alabama and his report called “Retirement Development and Job Creation.”

 STATE                   NUMBER
1. Florida                     394,254
2. Arizona                   134,583
3. California                 127,757
4. Texas                      100,700
5. North Carolina           74,937
6. Nevada                      61,627
7. Pennsylvania             60,430
8. Virginia                      59,976
9. Georgia                      57,992
10. New Jersey             54,657

It will be interesting to see if other communities or regions, such as Northern Wisconsin where a lot of people from the Twin Cities and Chicago go in the summer, become larger senior housing and healthcare hubs to serve people that want to stay in those areas.