Publication Date

9-2008

Journal

Clearinghouse Review

Abstract

Every discussion of aging in America seems to begin with demographic statistics showing that our population is increasingly old and getting older. But the figures are truly stunning: In 2006 (the latest year for which data are available), 37.3 million persons were 65 years old or older in America; this represents 12.6 percent of the U.S. population-more than one in every eight Americans. By 2030 the number of older people is expected to increase to 71.5 million older persons, over 20 percent of the total population.

Volume

42

First Page

205

Publisher

Shriver Center on Poverty Law

Disciplines

Elder Law | Law

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