Robert Gibbs, president and CEO of Gibbs Planning Group
ATLANTA—Empty nesters transitioning into senior citizens is becoming one of the largest demographic transitions in US history. How big is this group?
The population change for seniors, who are defined in this context as 55-plus, is higher than the percentage change for the US population, according to ESRI. That's telling but let's break it down further.
Seniors today represent 25.2% of the US population. This is expected to increase to almost 27.6% by 2016 and is up from just 21% in 2000. In 2000, the median age in the United States was 35.3 years, according to ESRI. By 2010, this number had increased to 37.1 years.
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