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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.
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]
Maine and Florida are home to a large population of baby boomers and both rank among the top 5 states in the US with the oldest -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. [87] To put it another way, since the mid-2010s, births and net international migration have been dropping while deaths have risen.
The states and territories included in the United States Census Bureau's statistics for the United States population, ethnicity, and most other categories include the 50 states and Washington, D.C. Separate statistics are maintained for the five permanently inhabited territories of the United States: Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands ...
Doing Without: Economic Insecurity and Older Americans, a report released on March 1, uses the "Elder Index" -- an analysis of the average expenses of an elder household -- to gauge economic ...
The United States has an aging population, and the need for care among the nation’s roughly 73 million Baby Boomers is driving up the cost of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and home ...
Most of the counties where people live longest are either sparsely populated or well-to-do suburbs of large cities. Forty-seven of the counties listed have a population of which the largest racial component is non-Hispanic whites. Two have populations of which Hispanics are the majority. Asian Americans make up the largest component of two ...