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More and more baby boomers are turning 65, and the average life expectancy is increasing, with the elderly are becoming the largest group in the population. The U.S. Census Bureau (2019) reports:

 The number of Americans ages 65 and older is projected to nearly double from 52 million in 2018 to 95 million by 2060.

 The older population is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse.

 Older adults are working longer. By 2018, 24% of men and about 16% of women aged 65 and older were in the labor force.

 Obesity rates among adults aged 60 and older have been increasing, standing at about 41% in 2015–2016.

 Wide economic disparities are evident across different population subgroups. Among adults aged 65 and older, 17% of Latinos and 19% of African Americans lived in poverty in 2017—more than twice the rate among older non‐Hispanic whites (7%).

 More older adults are divorced compared with previous generations. The share of divorced women aged 65 and older increased from 3% in 1980 to 14% in 2018, and for men from 4% to 11% during the same period.

 The aging of the baby boom generation could fuel more than a 50% increase in the number of Americans aged 65 and older requiring nursing home care, to about 1.9 million in 2030 from 1.2 million in 2017.

 The number of Americans living with Alzheimer's disease, could more than double by 2050 to 13.8 million, from 5.8 million today.