Growth of older population slows in rural and small-town areas

From: Amber Waves | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The older rural and small-town population grew more slowly in the 1990s than did the population under age 65, for the only time in the entire 20th century, This stemmed not from a drop in the rate of urban retirees moving to rural (nonmetro) areas, but from fewer people reaching age 65 as a result of the low birth rates of 1925-35. Such a change in the size of the older population has a considerable impact on the provision of health care and other needed services for the elderly.

The increase in rural population under age 65 was distinctly higher in the 1990s (8.5 percent) than during the ...

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