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Thanks to the baby bust, America is getting older

By Timothy P. Carney
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Thanks to the baby bust, America is getting older


When I was born in 1978, the median American was 30 years old. These days, the median American is 38.9, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday. That’s a rapid aging of the American population.

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