#THISisReTiredArgument

Labor force projections to 2014: retiring boomers

Group	Level (thousands)				Change (thousands)
	1984	1994	2004	2014	1984–94	1994–2004	2004–14
Total, 16 years and older	113,544	131,056	147,401	162,100	17,512	16,345	14,699
16 to 24 years	23,989	21,612	22,268	22,158	–2,377	656	–110
25 to 54 years	74,661	93,898	102,122	105,627	19,237	8,224	3,505
55 years and older	14,894	15,546	23,011	34,315	652	7,465	11,304

Population, totals
1984
Population - 235,825,000
2014
Population - 318,857,056

Population 55 Years and Over by Sex and Age: 2012
Under 55 - 229,349,000
Over 55 - 79,477,000
Population 55 Years and Over by Sex and Age: 2008
Under 55 - 229,014,000
Over 55 - 70,091,000

Civilian labor force participation rate (percent of population 16 years old and older)

Jan. 1984 - 63.9%
Jan. 2000 - 67.3% (peak)
Jan. 2008 - 66.2%
Jan. 2014 - 63.0%

Civilian labor force (thousands)

Jan. 1984 - 112,209,000
Jan. 2000 - 142,267,000 (peak)
Jan. 2008 - 154,063,000
Jan. 2014 - 155,486,000