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<br />United States Projections <br /> <br />Fastest growing gray age group from 2000 - 2010: <br />- Ages 55-64 will grow at 3.9% per year. (Total 0.6%) <br />- The age group will grow 11 million: from 24-35 million. <br /> <br />· From 2010 - 2020, population 65-74 will grow <br />4.0% per year. <br /> <br />· From 2020 - 2030, population 75+ will grow 3.9% <br />per year. <br />- Population 65+ will double in next thirty years... going <br />from 35 million in 2000 to 70 million in 2030. <br /> <br />Colorado Forecast <br /> <br />· Between 2000 and 2010, the Colorado population <br />55 - 64 will grow at 5.9% per year vs. 3.9% for <br />this U. S. age group, and 1.7% for Colorado total. <br /> <br />· Between 2010 and 2020, the Colorado population <br />65 - 74 will grow at 5.6% per year vs. 4.0% for <br />the U.S., and 1.8% for Colorado total. <br /> <br />· In the two decades, between 2000 and 2020, <br />Colorado's population 55 - 64 will more than double <br />increasing from 342,000 in 2000 to 745,000 in 2020. <br /> <br />· By 2030, Colorado's population 65 and over will be <br />2.6 times that in 2000. <br /> <br />--~ <br />Co(ora,{o 'Drpar1mmt of Loca[ ;4ffairs <br />- <br /> <br />15 <br />