Tag Archives: US Census Bureau

More households headed by 75+ consumers, many of whom live alone

December 4, 2012 – 3:05 pm

by Cree McCree WHAT’S HAPPENING The graying of America is picking up steam as Boomers cross into Medicare country. But that trend was well under way before the first Boomer turned 65. In 2010, 1 out of every 10 US households was headed by a consumer age 75 or older, according to Census Bureau data […]

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7 BILLION PEOPLE TODAY, 9.2 BILLION TOMORROW

November 1, 2011 – 11:10 am

by Becky Sun The United Nations estimates that yesterday was the day that planet Earth reached 7 billion people. (The US Census Bureau’s population clock, which runs a little slower, puts today’s number at 6,972,015,442.) It’s hard to know just what to make of 7 billion humans. Pro-natalists and optimists say that the world can […]

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