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Elder abuse is the physical, emotional, financial, sexual mistreatment or neglect of older adults. The term is also interchangeable with elderly abuse.

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Elder Abuse Data and Statistics


There are nearly 6 million cases of elder abuse every year.  That’s approximately one case every five seconds.  Unfortunately, many of these cases will go unreported. According to EADaily.com’s projections, California continues to be the state with the greatest number of elder abuse cases in the U.S., with 36% more than that of Florida, a state with second greatest number of elder abuse cases.
U.S. Elder Abuse Statistics
  • Every five seconds, an elderly person is abused.
  • California accounts for 10.6% of all elder abuse cases in the U.S.
  • Alaska has the fewest number of cases in the U.S. at approximately 8,900 cases per year.
  • Just five states account for over 1/3 of all elder abuse cases in the U.S.
  • California, Florida, New York, Texas and Pennsylvania have the most cases of elder abuse annually.

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State / Region Elderly Population* Cases of Elder Abuse**
Arizona 1,176,503 129,952
Alabama 888,870 98,181
Alaska 80,613 8,904
Arkansas 561,850 62,060
California 5,728,021 632,693
Colorado 748,420 82,667
Connecticut 663,606 73,299
Delaware 169,763 18,751
District of Columbia 98,977 10,933
Florida 4,200,667 463,988
Hawaii 258,934 28,601
Georgia 1,433,316 158,318
Idaho 257,172 28,406
Illinois 2,176,100 240,363
Indiana 1,128,187 124,615
Iowa 596,110 65,844
Kansas 501,329 55,375
Kentucky 791,961 87,477
Louisiana 757,486 83,669
Maine 279,707 30,895
Maryland 964,119 106,492
Massachusetts 1,207,231 133,346
Michigan 1,822,024 201,253
Minnesota 902,284 99,662
Mississippi 516,129 57,009
Missouri 1,110,339 122,643
Montana 192,524 21,265
Nebraska 325,406 35,943
Nevada 432,112 47,729
New Hampshire 243,936 26,944
New Jersey 1,591,554 175,796
New Mexico 360,142 39,780
New York 3,597,839 397,402
North Carolina 1,623,389 179,313
North Dakota 125,521 13,865
Ohio 2,158,611 238,431
Oklahoma 677,530 74,837
Oregon 715,847 79,069
Pennsylvania 2,576,689 284,610
Rhode Island 202,028 22,315
South Carolina 849,263 93,806
South Dakota 157,050 17,347
Tennessee 1,155,990 127,686
Texas 3,515,525 388,310
Utah 344,758 38,081
Vermont 124,102 13,708
Virginia 1,337,055 147,685
Washington 1,127,229 124,509
West Virginia 393,061 43,416
Wisconsin 1,031,904 113,980
Wyoming 93,669 10,346
Grand Total 53,972,452 5 5,961,568
* Elderly defined as 60 years of age and older.
** Estimated # of reported and unreported cases of elder abuse.