Increasing Population of Senior Citizens In America

Increasing Population of SENIOR CITIZENS IN AMERICA THERE ARE NOW MORE AMERICANS AGE 65 AND OLDER THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME IN U.S. HISTORY. ACCORDING TO A NEW CENSUS BUREAU REPORT PEOPLE AGE 65 AND OLDER 40.3 MILLION 35 MILLION 3.1 MILLION 1900 2000 2010 5.3% INCREASE SENIOR CITIZENS ARE 13% OF THE POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES 87% OF THE POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES IS 64 OR YOUNGER FEMALES SIGNIFICANTLY OUTNUMBER MALES AT OLDER AGES THE NORTHEAST IS HOME TO THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE AT 14.1% MIDWEST 13.5% THE OLDER POPULATION IS GROWING MOST RAPIDLY IN THE WEST, WHERE THE NUMBER OF SENIOR CITIZENS INCREASED BY 23.5% SOUTH 13% THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS AGED 65 AND OLDER IS PROJECTED TO BE 88.5 MILLION BY THE YEAR 2050. MORE THAN 10,000 AMERICANS TURN 65 EVERY DAY! SOURCES: HTTP://MONEY.USNEWS.COM/MONEY/RETIREMENT/ARTI- CLES/2012/01/09/65-AND-OLDER-POPULATION-SOARS?PAGE=2 HTTP://wwW.AOA.GOV/AGING STATISTICS/FUTURE_GROWTH/DOCS/P25-1138.PDF HTTP://SENIORLIVING.ABOUT.COM/OD/LIFETRANSITIONSAGING/A/SENIORIOPHTM BEST CARE SENIOR SERVICES