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and cuts. ecade the 65 and over the last decade the 65 and older population has been growing at a pretty fast rate here, nearly four percentage points since 2010. our under-18 population is actually shrinking per capita, down to 22% of the population, a two percentage point drop. when you look at it across regions, you can see it s the northeast and the midwest that is aging faster here, nearly at 4%, at a 4% clip. the south and the west a bit younger. that has to do with the fact there are more hispanics in the south and west because i m going to show you that in a minute. if you look at it by states, maine and florida are one, two, amongst the oldest states or the oldest 65-plus population. and it s utah and texas that are among the youngest there, utah being the youngest state, texas with its hispanic population also skewing younger. and check this out because it s by ethnicity that shows you the dramatic differences here on age.

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