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Population pyramid of the United States in 2023. In recent decades, the fertility rate of the United States has declined below replacement level, prompting projections of an aging population and workforce, [1] [2] as is already happening elsewhere in the developed world and some developing countries. [3]
This is a list of U.S. states, the District of Columbia and territories by median age in 2020. [note 1] The median age is the index that divides the entire population into two numerically equal age groups, one younger than that age and the other older than that age. It is the only index associated with the age distribution of a population.
Slower population growth has been the norm in the United States for some years, owing to lower fertility and net international migration, as well as rising mortality from an aging population. [90] To put it another way, since the mid-2010s, births and net international migration have been dropping while deaths have risen.
Americans are living longer than they did in 1965, when Medicare was established. Back then, average U.S. life expectancy was about 70; today it’s about 77 and a half—down slightly from a pre ...
According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the older population—persons 65 years or older—numbered 39.6 million in 2009. [31] They represented 12.9% of the U.S. population, about one in every eight Americans. [31] By 2030, there will be about 72.1 million older persons, more than twice their number in 2000. [31]
Rising divorce rates for people over 50 are one reason why an increasing number of older Americans are living alone.
By 2000, the number of senior citizens had increased to about 35 million (of 280 million US citizens). Population experts estimate that more than 50 million Americans—about 17 percent of the population—will be 65 or older in 2020. [148] By 2050, it is projected that at least 400,000 Americans will be 100 or older. [149]
Study.com examined data from the University of Virginia and elsewhere to see which states can expect the biggest youth population drops by 2050. America's college-aged population is declining ...