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Population (Resident): 85 and older for United States from U.S. Census Bureau (BOC) for the Annual Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age and Sex for the States, and Puerto Rico Commonwealth release.
The likelihood of living in a family household diminished with age, from 73 percent among people between ages 65 and 74 to 48 percent for those 85 and older. Conversely, people living alone almost doubled from 22 percent for the younger age group of older Americans to 39 percent for the oldest.
The U.S. population age 65 and over grew from 2010 to 2020 at fastest rate since 1880 to 1890 and reached 55.8 million, a 38.6% increase in just 10 years. Visualization Exploring Age Groups in the 2020 Census
In 2020, about 1 in 6 people in the United States were age 65 and over. In 1920, this proportion was less than 1 in 20. The older population increased by 50.9 million, from 4.9 million (or 4.7% of the total U.S. population) in 1920 to 55.8 million (16.8%) in 2020.
There were 88,988 people age 100 and older in 2022—more than double the number in 1980 (32,194). Among adults age 65+ in 2023, 59% lived with their spouse or partner, while roughly 28% lived alone. The 2022 median income of older adults was $29,740. 1
Jul 5, 2018 · July 5, 2018 at 11:46 a.m. EDT. Seventy may be the new 60, and 80 may be the new 70, but 85 is still pretty old to work in America. Yet in some ways, it is the era of the very old worker in...
Among people over 100 years old, 85 percent are women — but the gap between men and women is narrowing. The proportion of older adults living alone increases with advancing age. Among women aged 75 and over, almost half live alone.
