White people are aging the U.S. population

Annual Estimates of the Resident Population by Sex, Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States and States: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015

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They break down the age group in 5 year blocks, add them up and you get 176,895,191 white (both sexes) under 55 years old and 65,041,870 (both sexes) 55 years and older. The 2 most populous, at just above 18 million each, are 45-49 and 50-54. All other blocks below that range from 14.7 million to 16.3 million while the higher aged blocks weigh in (in increasing age blocks) at 16, 14, 10.5, 7.9, 6.3, 5, and 4.9 million.
 
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