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AGING AMERICA
74,900,000
Baby Boomers, ages 51-69, living in the U.S. Since being born in the years after World War II, Baby Boomers have always had an outsized presence compared with other generations. They were the largest generation before Millennials arrived and peaked at 78.8 million in 1999. At one point they made up 40 percent of the nation’s population.
LIFE EXPECTANCY IN AMERICA
YEAR AGE
1900 47
FLATHEAD COUNTY’S AGING POPULATION
Historic trends predict the number of residents 65 years or older will rise signi cantly in the coming years.
1920
1940 63
53
1960
1980
2000 76 2016 79
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY GENDER*
FEMALES 81 MALES 76
22,378
Residents in Flathead County aged 50-64 who are approaching retirement age of 65, the largest 15-year span of age demograph- ics in the county.
YEAR SENIORS
1990 7,767 1995 8,849 2000 9,524 2005 10,880 2010 13,223 2015 16,348
% OF POPULATION
13% 13% 13% 13% 14% 17%
70 74
* IN 2015
41 Median age in Flathead and Lake counties
37 Median age in the U.S.
SOURCE: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
49
156,661
Senior residents in Montana in 2015, 14 percent of the total population.
Median age in Lincoln and Sanders counties 40 Median age in Montana
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