Pennsylvanians are a smidge older than the national average.
Why it matters: An aging workforce could drive worker shortages for years to come — especially in health care, which will become even more crucial as we age, Axios' Emily Peck writes.
The median age of those in the Keystone State was 40.9 years old in 2022, per U.S. Census Bureau data. That's higher than the nation's median age, which reached a record high last year at 38.9 years.
The national median age was 30 in 1980.
The population of Pennsylvanians aged 65 and older ballooned between 2010 and 2017 and far outpaced the growth rate of the state's general population, per a report from Penn State University. Pennsylvania ranked fifth among 50 states when it came to the size of its population aged 65 and older (2.2 million).
From: Axios Philadelphia
