New data from the U.S. Census Bureau documents the fact that the U.S. population is getting older but the pace of the aging is significantly different across racial and ethnic groups.
The statistics show that between 2010 and 2018, the median age of the U.S. population increased by one year from 37.2 to 38.2. The state with the highest median age is Maine at 44.9 years. In Utah, the median age is 31 years, the lowest in the nation. North Dakota was the only state in the union that had a younger population than was the case in 2010. Demographers believe that young workers and their young families are flocking to the state due to the oil boom.
The report shows that the median age of African Americans increased by 1.4 years, a larger increase than for the population as a whole.
The report also documented that in 2018, 18 states had a black population greater than or equal to 1.0 million. Cook County, Illinois, had the largest black or African American population, which was about 1.3 million in 2018. Harris County, Texas, had the largest numeric increase between 2017 and 2018, gaining 14,017 African Americans.
Takwimu mpya kutoka kwa Ofisi ya sensa ya Marekani zinaonyesha kuwa idadi ya watu nchini Marekani inaendelea kuongezeka lakini kasi ya kuzeeka ni tofauti sana kati ya makundi mbalimbali ya kikabila. Takwimu zinaonyesha kuwa kati ya mwaka 2010 na 2018, wastani wa umri wa watu nchini Marekani uliongezeka kwa mwaka mmoja kutoka 37.2 hadi 38.2. Jimbo lenye umri wa wastani wa juu zaidi ni Maine na miaka 44.9. Katika jimbo la Utah, wastani wa umri wa watu ni miaka 31, na ni wa chini zaidi nchini. North Dakota ni jimbo pekee la Marekani ambalo lina idadi ya watu vijana kuliko mwaka 2010. Wataalamu wa idadi ya watu wanaamini kwamba wafanyakazi wachanga na familia zao wachanga wanamiminika katika jimbo hilo kwa sababu ya ukuaji wa mafuta. Ripoti hiyo ilionyesha kuwa umri wa wastani wa watu wa asili ya Afrika na Amerika umeongezeka kwa miaka 1.4, ambayo ni ongezeko kubwa kuliko kwa idadi ya watu wote. Ripoti hiyo pia ilionyesha kuwa katika mwaka 2018, majimbo 18 yalikuwa na idadi ya watu weusi zaidi ya milioni 1. Jimbo la Cook, Illinois, lilikuwa na idadi kubwa zaidi ya watu weusi au Waafrika wa Amerika, ambayo ilikuwa karibu milioni 1.3 mnamo 2018. Harris County, Texas, ilikuwa na ongezeko kubwa zaidi la idadi ya watu kati ya 2017 na 2018, ikipata 14,017 Wamarekani wa Kiafrika.