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During the Great Recession, population aging alone cost the United States 1.7 million workers, reckoned the Peterson Institute for International Economics. [97] From a demographic point of view, the labor shortage in the United States during the 2020s is inevitable due to the sheer size of the aging Baby Boomers.
The life expectancy in some states has fallen in recent years; for example, Maine's life expectancy in 2010 was 79.1 years, and in 2018 it was 78.7 years. The Washington Post noted in November 2018 that overall life expectancy in the United States was declining although in 2018 life expectancy had a slight increase of 0.1 and bringing it to ...
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.
The U.S. population is aging rapidly. The number of people age 65 and older has increased by 33 percent over the past decade, from 37.2 million in 2006 to 49.2 million in 2016, according to a ...
Future Demand for Public Services, Driven by an Aging Population, Will Cost the U.S. Government an Additional $940 Billion by 2025, According to New Accenture Report ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE ...
This article ranks states of the United States sorted by changes in the life expectancy of their residents between 1985 and 2010. Changes in the life expectancy of men and women in each state are also sorted. States are also ranked for three risk factors controllable by the individual: obesity, smoking, and physical activity.
Geopolitical expert Peter Zeihan says aging Americans built a ‘social welfare state’ for themselves without paying for it — now the US will have ‘massive’ deficits as long as boomers live
The present life expectancy in the UK is 77 years for males and 81 for females, while the United States averages 74 for males and 80 for females. Studies have shown that black American males have the shortest lifespans of any group of people in the US, averaging only 69 years (Asian-American females average the longest). [30]