America Growing Older as Nation: Median Age Tops 31

The nation’s median age has topped 31, with the middle-aged and the very old becoming the fastest growing segments of society, the Census Bureau reported today.

As of last July 1, the “median” American was 31.2 years old, meaning that half of all Americans were older than that and half younger.

The aging of the huge postwar baby boom generation, and improvements in medical care extending the typical lifetime, have combined to make the middle-aged and very old the fastest growing segments of the population.