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             ST. LUKE' S HDSPITAL 
          RETIRE4ENT HCUSING SnTDY 
     SUMMARY OF MAJOR RESEARCH FINDINGS 
A. DEMOGRAPHICS OF DEFINED MARKET STIDY AREA 
1.   Based upon 1983 County Population Projections made by  the 
     Data Center, the population of persons 65 years and older 
     County is expected to increase as follows: 
1980 
1990 
Wisconsin 
in Racine 
2000 
Total No. Persons 
65 Years & Older 
  Proportion 
  of Persons 
65 Years & Older 
in Population 
In 19 80 the 
Racine was 
Wisconsin at 
17,580    20,839    23,080 
10.2% 
11.6% 
12.5% 
ratio of elderly to the total population in the City 
12.0 percent which was the average     for  the State 
tbat time. 
of 
of 
2.   The market study area defined by nine zip codes which   include 
     Towns of Caledonia, Mount Pleasant, Rayrrond, and Yorkville, 
     Villages of ElmIwood Park, North Bay, Sturtevant, Union Grove, 
     Wind  Point, and the City of Racine represented 84.9 percent of 
     elderly population in Racine County in 1980. 
the 
the 
and 
the 
According  to National Planning Data Oorporation, the proportion  of 
elderly in the City of Racine is expected to increase fran 12 percent 
in  1980 to   14.5 percent in 1992. This increase is  not due to   a 
dramatic  increase   in the number of persons 65 years and  older, but 
instead due to a projected decrease in the total population  of  the 
City  of Racine from 85,725 persons of all ages in 1980 to 76,550  in 
1992.   The net increase in the 65 years and  older population  fram 
1980  to 1992    is projected to be 466 persons with  sane decreases 
anticipated in the 65 to 74 year age group between 1987 and 1992. 
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