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New census data shows Baby Boomer men are dying at a faster rate than Baby Boomer women.
The writing is on the wall, at least according to the Census Bureau: Baby Boomer men are dying at a faster rate than Baby Boomer women.
This battle of the sexes, at least when it comes to longevity, was actually decided by 2000 and only gets worse by 2030.
According to new data released by the Census Bureau specifically about the Baby Boom generation, Boomer women outnumber Boomer men - 50.9 percent to 49.1 percent. That wasn't always the case.
In 1970, the numerical battle of the sexes favored the men 50.3 percent to 49.7 percent. By 2000, the shift of power had taken place with women at 50.6 percent and men at 49.4 percent.
By 2030, the Census Bureau estimates that the percent of men will decline to 45.1 percent while the percentage of women will be 54.9 percent because the bureau believes that the men will die at a faster rate than the women.
There is other Baby Boomer trivia contained in the new report:
- California has the greatest number of Baby Boomers -- 8,992,331
- But Vermont has the great concentration of Boomers -- 30.1 percent of the population.
And there's more:
- 65.6 percent of Baby Boomer are married;
- 2.7 percent are widowed;
- 17 percent are divorced;
- 3 percent are separated;
- 11.7 percent never married.
The data from the Census Bureau is current to 2006. It didn't offer an explanation of why it was releasing the information other than to say: "Understanding the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the members of this generation in the present day is essential."
Here are some more odds and ends:
- Baby Boomers have the lowest percentage of poverty compared to other age groups;
- 75 percent of Baby Boomers own their homes, 25 percent rent;
- 74.1 percent of Baby Boomers are employed, 3.3 percent are unemployed, 0.1 percent are in the armed forces, and 22.4 percent are not in the labor force;
- 16.7 percent of Baby Boomers have some kind of disability, 83.3 percent have no disabilities;
- 28.8 percent of Baby Boomers have a bachelor's degree or higher ... it's the highest percent of all age groups.
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