The following chart compares appointments by age range. 45.2% of new-to-state hires, 9.3% of transfers from other departments, and 45.5% of departmental internal hires were persons under 30 years of age. 27.2% of new-to-state hires, 14.1% of transfers from other departments, and 58.7% of departmental internal hires were persons between 30 to 39 years of age. 21.8% of new-to-state hires, 15.5% of transfers from other departments, and 62.7% of departmental internal hires were person between 40 to 49 years of age. 20.8% of new-to-state hires, 15.6% of transfers from other departments, and 63.6% of departmental internal hires were persons between 50 to 59 years of age. 21.7% of new-to-state hires, 14.3% of transfers from other departments, and 64% of departmental internal hires were persons over 59 years of age.