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Older adults outnumber children in 11 states as US population ages

Young Americans are deciding to have fewer children than previous generations — or none at all — and it’s causing the overall population to age.

New population estimates published this week by the U.S. Census Bureau put the trend in blunt terms, as the number of people in older age brackets are increasing rapidly, while younger age brackets aren’t growing at all — or even shrinking.

Consider the numbers. Between 2020 and 2024, the population of people in their 30s rose by 4.5%, and people in their 40s grew by 4.1%. That’s higher than the population of the nation as a details ⇒

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