- There were 51,000 people age 100 and older in the year 2000.
- In California, there are 5,341 people age 100 and older.
- In the year 2030, there are projections that there will be 324,000 people United States age 100 and older (almost a 1,000% increase since 1990).
- Hallmark, the greeting card company, says that by the end of the decade, they expect to sell more than 70,000 centenarian birthday cards each year.
- 70 million people in the United States will be age 65 and older in 2035. This number is more than twice the current population of Canada.
- Today, men and women age 50 and older now control 80% of all the money in U.S. Savings and Loan institutions and represent $66.00 of every $100.00 invested in the stock market.
- The average 21st Century American will spend more years caring for their parents than for their children.
- In the year 2080, the average life expectancy in America will be 100 for men and 103 for women.
Sources: 2000 U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 U.S. Census Bureau, Augusta Chronicle Living To Age 100, T.Perls, M. Silver, and J. Lauerman. Age Wave, K. Dychtwald and U.S. Census Bureau, Age Power, Dychtwald, Age Power, K. Dychtwald, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, 1998-99 National Directory for Eldercare Information and Referral (Washington, DC. NAAA, 1999) Dare To Be 100, W. Bortz 11, M.D, International Journal of Forecasting, K. Manton, Duke University
