The US Census released in 2013 population projections to 2060.According to the projections, the population age 65 and older is expected to more than double between 2012 and 2060, from 43.1 million to 92.0 million. The older population would represent just over one in five U.S. residents by the end of the period, up from one in seven today. The increase in the number of the “oldest old” would be even more dramatic — those 85 and older are projected to more than triple from 5.9 million to 18.2 million, reaching 4.3 percent of the total population.The non-Hispanic white population is projected to peak in 2024, at 199.6 million, up from 197.8 million in 2012.
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