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Growth in 2020 was largely driven by younger age groups with full year activity over 2019 increasing among ages 0-44 by +7.9% and +3.8% for ages 45-59. In contrast, activity for ages 60+ decreased by -1.7%. This reflects a shift from the previous 2 years were the 60+ age group experienced growth while the 0-44 age group saw declines.
Month-over-month, December 2020 was down -9.5% from November, representing an expected, though somewhat stronger than usual, seasonal decline. Year-over-year, application activity increased in all but 2 months in 2020. The year began strong with February experiencing record YOY growth of +5.6%, but with the onset of the pandemic, activity in March and April declined (-2.2% and -3.0% respectively). Activity returned to growth in May and we went on to have record YOY growth months in July (+14.1%), August (+9.1%), September (+4.4%) and October (+7.6%) and then again in December (+3.7%).