Check out this animated graphic: U.S. Population Distribution by Age, 1900 through 2060

[ProSense]

U.S. Population Distribution by Age, 1900 through 2060

by Bill McBride

As I follow up to my earlier post on the number of births in 2012, here is an animation of the U.S population distribution, by age, from 1900 through 2060. The population data and estimates are from the Census Bureau (actual through 2010 and projections through 2060).

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Note: Prior to 1940, the oldest group was 75+. From 1940 through 1985, the oldest group was 85+. Starting in 1990, the oldest group is 100+.

Watch for:

1) the original baby bust preceding the baby boom (the decline in births prior to and during the Depression). Those are the people currently in retirement.

2) the Baby Boom is obvious.

3) By 2020 or 2025, the largest cohorts will all be under 40.

Animation updates every second.



http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/08/us-population-distribution-by-age-1900.html

[Scuba]

1. Interesting, thanks for posting this.

[ProSense]

5. You're welcome.

I see the baby boom and people living longer. I'm still assessing the trend.

[jwirr]

2. That seems to indicate that the social security problems are not so much the baby boomers getting

older as the jobs paying in has changed. Age does not seem as much a factor. I am not good at math so I could easily be wrong on what this seems to say.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Pretty cool....

Wouldn't be surprised if the older end of the spectrum will continue to increase (due to longevity).

[1-Old-Man]

4. So, a lot less babies are dieing, people are living longer, and the middle remains the same.

That's what I see. Infant and child mortality has gone way down, people are living longer, and for people making it to adulthood and up through what we now call the working years are dieing at about the same rate as they have for the last century.

By the way, I know I misspelled "dieing" twice but I refuse to fix it. The correct spelling just looks so wrong.