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RESIDENT POPULATION AGE 65 AND OLDER

% · 2000–2025 · neither direction is "better" · computed from U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program age-group counts (65 and older divided by total)

18.9%

2025 (latest)

12.4%

2000

18.9%

high · 2025

12.3%

low · 2002

+6.5 pts

since 2000

50 Years Since 2000 10 Years 5 Years 1 Year

┊ dashed lines mark 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

Method & caveats. Computed from all-sexes age-65-and-older counts divided by all-sexes total resident population. Vintage list: 2000–2010 intercensal estimates for 2000–2009; 2010–2020 intercensal estimates for 2010–2019; Vintage 2025 estimates for 2020–2025. Newer vintage wins at 2010 and 2020. The 1970–1999 extension is deferred: the historical Census workbooks cover resident population plus armed forces overseas, or single-year ages without a published median, so they are not joined. Breaks: Intercensal/vintage splice at 2010 and 2020; census-base revisions can change estimates. July annual estimates are not replaced by April census/base observations.

Sources

Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:

Data

Year	Resident population age 65 and older	Change
2025	18.9%	+0.4 pts
2024	18.5%	+0.4 pts
2023	18.1%	+0.4 pts
2022	17.7%	+0.4 pts
2021	17.3%	+0.4 pts
2020	16.9%	+0.4 pts
2019	16.5%	+0.4 pts
2018	16.0%	+0.4 pts
2017	15.6%	+0.4 pts
2016	15.3%	+0.4 pts
2015	14.9%	+0.4 pts
2014	14.5%	+0.4 pts
2013	14.1%	+0.4 pts
2012	13.8%	+0.5 pts
2011	13.3%	+0.2 pts
2010	13.1%	+0.2 pts
2009	12.9%	+0.2 pts
2008	12.8%	+0.2 pts
2007	12.6%	+0.1 pts
2006	12.5%	+0.1 pts
2005	12.4%	+0.0 pts
2004	12.4%	+0.0 pts
2003	12.4%	+0.0 pts
2002	12.3%	−0.0 pts
2001	12.4%	−0.0 pts
2000	12.4%	—

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