New data visualization reveals changes in ways older adults lived and worked before and in the aftermath of the pandemic. Learn more.





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How COVID-19 Changed Older Adults? Work and Lifestyle

Older adulthood is often associated with economic and social transitions, including retirement, becoming a grandparent, and changes to health. And this decade, the COVID-19 pandemic brought about even more pronounced societal transformations.

A new U.S. Census Bureau data visualization explores changes across different social characteristics of older adults from 2019 to 2022, a year before the pandemic emergency officially ended, including: computer and internet use; living arrangements; employment; and working from home.

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In 2022, 15.6% of employed adults ages 55 to 74 worked from home, compared to just 7.7% in 2019. This rate exceeded 20% in Washington, D.C. (32.7%); Colorado (23.3%), Washington (21.8%), and Arizona (21.5%).

Rates of working from home also varied by social characteristics among employed adults ages 55 to 74.

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Data Viz: Older Adults in the United States: 2019 and 2022 [ [link removed] ]

This data visualization shows how older Americans age 65 and over represent a growing and diverse segment of the U.S. population.

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