— Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows the number of people who are elderly is growing at a faster pace than the rest of the population.
Officials project that people age 65 and older will outnumber children by 2034, a first in the nation's history. In Louisiana, 16.4% of residents were age 65 or older in the 2020 census, a percentage projected to reach 19.7% a decade later.
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