Percent Change in US Population, 2000-2004

The US grew by roughly 4% from 2000-2004, despite the fact that some 10.3 million US citizens died for that same time period. What about in our area surrounding Indiana?
[http://www.census.gov/population/pop-profile/dynamic/PopDistribution.pdf]

In general, these midwestern states grew very little in the past few years. How many elderly folks are around, how many passed away recently, and how many are likely to read about Natural Burials and warm up to that idea?
States with the highest growth rates included Nevada (16%), Arizona (12%), Texas, Florida, and other western states.
There are between 50 and 60 million US citizens over the age of 55. In Indiana, as of July 1, 2006, the population of Indiana was 6.2 million, Ohio: 11 million, Illinois: 12 million, Kentucky: 4 million.
Indiana elderly, by age group, according to the 2000 Census data: (% of population)
Ohio data:
In Ohio alone, now that it's 2006, there's a sizable number of people over the age of 75.