U.S. Census Bureau statistics released this week show the nation’s 65-and-older population grew by over a third (34.2 percent or 13,787,044) during the past decade and by 3.2 percent (1,688,924) from 2018 to 2019.
The growth of this population contributed to an increase in the national median age from 37.2 years in 2010 to 38.4 in 2019, according to the Census Bureau’s 2019 Population Estimates.
In 2019, one in five people in Maine, Florida, West Virginia and Vermont were age 65 or older. Maine had the largest share (21.2 percent) of population in that age group, followed by Florida (20.9 percent), West Virginia (20.5 percent) and Vermont (20 percent). Utah had the lowest percentage (11.4 percent) of population age 65 and older followed by Washington, D.C. (12.4 percent), and Alaska (12.5 percent). Read the full report.
65+ Population Grows By 34 Percent Over Past Decade
