Mapping the Growth of Older America

[12 June 2007 - The Brookings Institution - By William H. Frey, Visiting Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program] Aging baby boomers constitute this decade's fastest growing age group, expanding nearly 50 percent in size from 2000 to 2010. This group -- more highly educated, with more professional women, and more diverse than its predecessors -- will add new stresses to suburban and Sun Belt locations where they are predominantly "retiring in place" with demands for health, transportation, and other services. More (and Full Report)