How America is Changing

America is changing. Not politically. There’s always been a left and right. Although that has become sharper in recent years.

But the change is more demographic. The evidence is in a new report from the U.S Census Bureau.

The report says America’s older population is growing while its younger population is shrinking. And while that’s been the trend for a while now, the difference has become more distinct,

Why does it matter? According to a report by Axios, it matters because the trend means some possible big policy changes and economic challengers and means that with more older Americans, we will need more care workers.

The Census Bureau says the U.S. population aged 65 and up grew by 13 percent from 2020 to 2024 and the median age hit a record high last year of just under 40 years old.

While advances in health care explain some of that, the shift in the median age getting older also reflects a trend of adults not having as many kids with the share of children in the population falling from 25 percent to 21 percent.

That may or may not have something to do with the economy. But it also may have something to do about attitudes toward marriage and making commitments.

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