The U.S. Census Bureau recently announced that the nation's changing age and sex composition shows the nation grew older while the male population grew faster than the female population over the last decade.
According to Age and Sex Composition: 2010, the median age of Americans is now 37.2, with seven states recording a median age of 40 or older. (Fifty percent of the population are younger than the median age and 50 percent are older than the median age.) The publication also shows the male population grew 9.9 percent between 2000 and 2010, while the female population grew 9.5 percent. Of the total 2010 Census population, 157.0 million people were female (50.8 percent) and 151.8 million were male (49.2 percent).
In the 2010 Census, seven states had a median age of 40 or older: Maine (42.7), Vermont (41.5), West Virginia (41.3), New Hampshire (41.1), Florida (40.7), Pennsylvania (40.1) and Connecticut (40.0). In both 1990 and 2000, West Virginia and Florida had the highest median age of all states. Maine overtook West Virginia and Florida as the state with the highest median age in 2010, while Utah remained the state with the lowest median age.
The median age for each of the New England states:
Connecticut - 40.0
Maine - 42.7
Massachusetts - 39.1
New Hampshire - 41.1
Rhode Island - 39.4
Vermont - 41.5
To access the Census Bureau complete report on age and sex composition, please visit:
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