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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in United States was 49.56 as of 2010. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 67.05 in 1962 and 48.80 in 2006.

Definition: Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.

Year	Value
1960	66.72
1961	67.00
1962	67.05
1963	66.89
1964	66.56
1965	66.08
1966	65.47
1967	64.74
1968	63.89
1969	62.89
1970	61.77
1971	60.52
1972	59.20
1973	57.86
1974	56.57
1975	55.37
1976	54.28
1977	53.29
1978	52.44
1979	51.75
1980	51.23
1981	50.87
1982	50.67
1983	50.61
1984	50.65
1985	50.76
1986	50.94
1987	51.16
1988	51.42
1989	51.70
1990	51.96
1991	52.22
1992	52.46
1993	52.64
1994	52.72
1995	52.68
1996	52.50
1997	52.21
1998	51.84
1999	51.41
2000	50.95
2001	50.47
2002	49.99
2003	49.54
2004	49.17
2005	48.92
2006	48.80
2007	48.80
2008	48.93
2009	49.18
2010	49.56

Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in United States was 19.53 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.53 in 2010 and a minimum value of 15.32 in 1960.

Definition: Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.

Year	Value
1960	15.32
1961	15.45
1962	15.56
1963	15.65
1964	15.73
1965	15.78
1966	15.82
1967	15.84
1968	15.86
1969	15.88
1970	15.91
1971	15.95
1972	16.00
1973	16.06
1974	16.15
1975	16.26
1976	16.39
1977	16.54
1978	16.71
1979	16.89
1980	17.06
1981	17.22
1982	17.38
1983	17.54
1984	17.72
1985	17.92
1986	18.13
1987	18.37
1988	18.60
1989	18.81
1990	18.98
1991	19.11
1992	19.21
1993	19.26
1994	19.27
1995	19.24
1996	19.18
1997	19.07
1998	18.95
1999	18.82
2000	18.69
2001	18.56
2002	18.45
2003	18.37
2004	18.34
2005	18.37
2006	18.47
2007	18.64
2008	18.87
2009	19.17
2010	19.53

Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in United States was 30.03 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 51.55 in 1961 and a minimum value of 30.01 in 2009.

Definition: Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.

Year	Value
1960	51.40
1961	51.55
1962	51.49
1963	51.24
1964	50.84
1965	50.30
1966	49.66
1967	48.90
1968	48.02
1969	47.01
1970	45.85
1971	44.57
1972	43.20
1973	41.80
1974	40.42
1975	39.11
1976	37.89
1977	36.75
1978	35.73
1979	34.86
1980	34.17
1981	33.65
1982	33.29
1983	33.07
1984	32.93
1985	32.85
1986	32.80
1987	32.80
1988	32.82
1989	32.89
1990	32.98
1991	33.11
1992	33.25
1993	33.38
1994	33.45
1995	33.43
1996	33.32
1997	33.14
1998	32.89
1999	32.59
2000	32.26
2001	31.91
2002	31.53
2003	31.16
2004	30.83
2005	30.55
2006	30.33
2007	30.16
2008	30.06
2009	30.01
2010	30.03

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Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population