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Some of the things that we hear about the aging boomer population are things that we have heard before. The older population will double between now and 2030, but today’s older adults also represent a doubling of older adults from the previous generation. What is different is the shape of the distribution of the population into age groups.
In 1960, close to half of our state’s population were children and adolescents up to age 19. In 1990, we saw the differences grow smaller, and by 2020, we will see a flattening of the age distribution.
This movement of the population from stair steps in 1960 to a rectangle in 2020 affects the way generations relate to each other privately and publicly, whether we are talking about caring for a disabled loved one at home or paying into Social Security, as we will see later on in this presentation.
