10 Places With the Most Retirees

In Pictures: Places with the Most Retirees

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More than three quarters of the population is over age 65 in Laguna Woods, Ca., a small southern California city just 10 miles from the Pacific Ocean. A 2,100-acre age-restricted community houses the majority of the residents. Laguna Woods Village, formerly called Leisure World, caters to those age 55 and older. "We wear age like a merit badge—the older you are, the more badges you have," says Ruth May, 77, a former travel agent who has lived at Laguna Woods Village for 13 years. "We all think we're much younger than we are. It makes me feel comfortable." May says she enjoys socializing primarily with people her own age and keeps in touch with her grandson online. "I communicate with my one grandson via Facebook," May says. "I don't know how to Twitter yet."

Check out these 10 places with large retiree populations. (The percent of the population that's age 65 and older is in brackets.)

Laguna Woods, Ca. (76 percent)

Kings Point, Fla. (69 percent)

Sun City, Ariz. (66 percent)

Pinehurst, N.C. (38 percent)

Bella Vista, Ark. (34 percent)

South Yarmouth, Mass. (33 percent)

Fredericksburg, Texas (28 percent)

Ocean Pines, Md. (26 percent)

Pahrump, Nev. (25 percent)

Camano, Wash. (24 percent)

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