America Is Less White, Getting Older, and More Urban: Census
- Eight states plus Puerto Rico shrank in population last year
- Most counties with a decrease in median age are in the Midwest
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The nation’s over/under age demarcation line rose to 38.0 years, according to 2017 estimates released today from the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2000, the median age was 37.2 years.
"Baby boomers, and millennials alike, are responsible for this trend in increased aging,” said Molly Cromwell, a demographer at the U.S. Census Bureau. “Boomers continue to age and are slowly outnumbering children as the birth rate has declined steadily over the last decade.”