not a read, BUT a really cool graph!

[kpete]

– Bill McBride creates this “animation of the U.S population distribution, by age, from 1900 through 2060,” demonstrating the gradual aging of the US population.

“In 1900, the graph was fairly steep, but with improving health care, the graph has flattened out over the last 100 years… 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.”

http://wonkwire.rollcall.com/2013/08/14/chart-of-the-day-300/

[DetlefK]

1. Note the peak for newborns in 2015 as 20-somethings peak.

It's nice that they took this detail into account.


Or maybe it's because of "Hillary's gonna be Prez! Make me a baby!"

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. amazing to see the "boom" that produced the boomers!