| Year | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |||
| Region | Elderly population (ten thousand) | Subsidy (hundred million yuan) | Elderly population (ten thousand) | Subsidy (hundred million yuan) | Elderly population (ten thousand) | Subsidy (hundred million yuan) |
| Nation | 8156 | 269.15 | 8248 | 272.18 | 8420 | 464 |
| Eastern | 2646 | 87.28 | 2677 | 88.36 | 2763 | 91 |
| Beijing | 29 | 0.95 | 31 | 1.01 | 31 | 1.02 |
| Tianjin | 38 | 1.24 | 39 | 1.29 | 41 | 1.34 |
| Hebei | 471 | 15.54 | 477 | 15.75 | 484 | 15.97 |
| Liaoning | 188 | 6.2 | 190 | 6.26 | 227 | 7.49 |
| Shanghai | 33 | 1.08 | 33 | 1.1 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Jiangsu | 471 | 15.54 | 469 | 15.49 | 450 | 14.86 |
| Zhejiang | 227 | 7.49 | 231 | 7.62 | 238 | 7.84 |
| Fujian | 159 | 5.24 | 161 | 5.32 | 147 | 4.87 |
| Shandong | 669 | 22.09 | 672 | 22.18 | 695 | 22.92 |
| Guangdong | 315 | 10.39 | 327 | 10.78 | 377 | 12.45 |
| Hainan | 46 | 1.52 | 47 | 1.56 | 44 | 1.44 |
| Midwestern | 5465 | 180.4 | 5530 | 182.52 | 5657 | 373 |
| Shanxi | 177 | 5.84 | 180 | 5.94 | 187 | 12.37 |
| Jilin | 151 | 5 | 155 | 5.11 | 163 | 10.76 |
| Heilongjiang | 180 | 5.95 | 185 | 6.1 | 191 | 12.63 |
| Anhui | 462 | 15.26 | 466 | 15.39 | 449 | 29.66 |
| Jiangxi | 289 | 9.54 | 292 | 9.64 | 298 | 19.70 |
| Henan | 666 | 21.98 | 672 | 22.17 | 644 | 42.52 |
| Hubei | 343 | 11.33 | 348 | 11.47 | 358 | 23.65 |
| Hunan | 512 | 16.89 | 517 | 17.06 | 525 | 34.62 |
| Neimenggu | 112 | 3.68 | 113 | 3.74 | 123 | 8.10 |
| Guangxi | 344 | 11.36 | 350 | 11.53 | 357 | 23.57 |
| Chongqing | 231 | 7.62 | 230 | 7.6 | 242 | 15.96 |
| Sichuan | 805 | 26.56 | 806 | 26.61 | 876 | 57.81 |
| Guizhou | 291 | 9.59 | 294 | 9.71 | 283 | 18.65 |
| Yunnan | 303 | 10.01 | 310 | 10.25 | 331 | 21.87 |
| Xizang | 16 | 0.54 | 17 | 0.57 | 19 | 1.22 |
| Shanxi | 238 | 7.85 | 240 | 7.92 | 255 | 16.84 |
| Gansu | 183 | 6.03 | 185 | 6.11 | 181 | 11.93 |
| Qinghai | 28 | 0.94 | 29 | 0.96 | 28 | 1.84 |
| Ningxia | 30 | 0.98 | 31 | 1.01 | 28 | 1.87 |
| Xinjiang | 104 | 3.45 | 110 | 3.63 | 118 | 7.81 |