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America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
Not All Racial and Ethnic Groups Are Aging At National Pace
The nation as a whole is getting older, but not all race and Hispanic origin groups are aging at the same pace, a pattern that promises to alter the makeup of the U.S. working-age population for decades to come.
About two-thirds of the total U.S. population was working age (ages 15 to 64) in 2022 and about 17% were 65 and older.
But the non-Hispanic multiracial population, for example, had the smallest share (about 6%) of its population age 65 and older and the non-Hispanic White population the largest share (about 22%) in 2022, clear evidence that while the nation as a whole is becoming older, not all race and Hispanic origin groups are aging at the same rate.
In this article, we use population projections to examine how the age composition of the United States would change under various immigration scenarios for different race and Hispanic origin groups.
Continue reading to learn more about:
- Shrinking working-age populations projected in all race alone groups
- The non-Hispanic multiracial population only group's projected working-age population increase
- Projected old-age dependency ratios by race and Hispanic origin
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