U.S. is getting older

New 2000 census data show the U.S. median age (half are older, half are younger) is the highest it has ever been. The details:

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

The median age of the 281.4 million people counted in the 2000 Census is 35.3, compared with 32.9 for the 248.7 million people in 1990.