Tilting Demographics

By the middle of the century, the U.S. Census Bureau predicts, Americans age 65 and older will outnumber those younger than 18. That's already happening in many counties, particularly in Florida, the Northwest, and the rural Southwest. Counties in which the numbers of seniors and school-age children are roughly equal now are expected to become grayer soon. TILTING DEMOGRAPHICS County Population Ages, 2010 A Closer Look at Florida School-Age Population Outnumbers Seniors School-Age and Seniors Balanced Seniors Outnumber School-Age Seniors More Than Double School-Age Seniors More Than Triple School-Age SOURCE: ArcGIS; U.S. Census Bureau; Education Week