The number of retired workers receiving Social Security benefits increased from approximately ***** million in 2010 to ***** million in 2023. This figure has increased at the same rate year-on-year over the past decade and is likely to continue into the future. What is Social Security? Social Security benefits are payments, which are paid out by the U.S. government to qualified retirees and disabled people, as well as to their spouses, children and survivors. These payments are meant to provide them with partial replacement income. Social security expenditure is forecast to increase year-on-year over the next decade, as it has since the beginning of the 21st century. The impact of demographic change This is likely to the fact that the U.S. population is aging rapidly, which means that seniors will account for a greater proportion of the population in the future. This demographic change will put pressure on government resources, because the workforce whose tax dollars pay for social benefits will make up a smaller percentage of the population than now. Americans who are 65 years and older are the demographic group estimated to grow the most over the next 40 years, whereas the other groups will mostly remain the same.

Retirement Age Men in the United States increased to 66.83 Years in 2025 from 66.67 Years in 2024. This dataset provides - United States Retirement Age Men - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2024, 50 percent of U.S. citizens who were 60 years old or older had some type of retirement savings. This information can be interpreted by the number of people in that age group without any retirement savings, which amounted to 50 percent. The share of individuals with retirement savings was lower in the younger age groups, and among adults from 18 to 29 years old, just ** had retirement savings.

Americans start managing their retirement finances early in life, thanks to many financial instruments and products for those who want save money for their late years. As the graph shows, retirement savings increase with age. The age group boasting the highest average value of retirement savings are individuals between 65 and 69, with over ******* thousand. As many people start retiring, retirement savings start decreasing for individuals over 70 years of age.

The statistic above provides information about the average retirement age in the United States from 1900 to 2012. Most of the people were about 76 years old when they ended work in 1900, while the generation in 2010 was aged 64. Additional information on the retirement age in the United States Societal changes, technological advancements and domestic social welfare pension policies have all contributed to a general lowering of the average retirement age. Although the average retirement age has remained relatively steady between ** and ** for decades, age demographic disparities are set to threaten the continence of this trend. The retirement age is similarly low in other developed countries subject to the same trend. The average retirement age of workers in the United States and the effect it has on the wider economy and society has become an important focus. In recent years many countries, including the United States, have acknowledged the issue of aging populations and the potential strain this may put on the economy. The danger lies in rising pension payments and gaps in the labor force upon the looming retirement of the so-called baby boom generation born following the Second World War. While there is a commonly accepted consensus that the government should play at least a role in the provision of financial means to retirees, policy action in regard to this growing problem has been minimal. Such an approach will do little to minimize the existing fears held by retirees over payment of basic needs and medical expenses. Perhaps as a response to these concerns, many current workers in the United States expect to continue working in a full or part time capacity upon reaching the retirement age.

Retirement Age Women in the United States increased to 66.83 Years in 2025 from 66.67 Years in 2024. This dataset provides - United States Retirement Age Women - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Graph and download economic data for Income Before Taxes: Social Security, Private & Government Retirement by Number of Earners: Consumer Units of Two or More People, Three or More Earners (CXURETIRINCLB0707M) from 1984 to 2023 about social, retirement, social assistance, tax, government, consumer, private, income, persons, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Not in Labor Force - With a Disability, 65 Years and over (LNU05075600) from Jun 2008 to Jun 2025 about 65 years +, disability, labor force, labor, household survey, and USA.

This dataset provides values for RETIREMENT AGE MEN reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

In 2023, about 17.7 percent of the American population was 65 years old or over; an increase from the last few years and a figure which is expected to reach 22.8 percent by 2050. This is a significant increase from 1950, when only eight percent of the population was 65 or over. A rapidly aging population In recent years, the aging population of the United States has come into focus as a cause for concern, as the nature of work and retirement is expected to change to keep up. If a population is expected to live longer than the generations before, the economy will have to change as well to fulfill the needs of the citizens. In addition, the birth rate in the U.S. has been falling over the last 20 years, meaning that there are not as many young people to replace the individuals leaving the workforce. The future population It’s not only the American population that is aging -- the global population is, too. By 2025, the median age of the global workforce is expected to be 39.6 years, up from 33.8 years in 1990. Additionally, it is projected that there will be over three million people worldwide aged 100 years and over by 2050.

In 2022, 56 percent of Hispanic respondents in the United States reported that they had some retirements savings, making them the group with the lowest rate. In contrast, 80 percent of white people in the U.S. had any retirement savings, with a significant amount of them saying that their retirement savings were on track. Roughly 22 percent of black people said that their savings were on track.

Graph and download economic data for Income Before Taxes: Social Security, Private & Government Retirement by Size of Consumer Unit: Two People in Consumer Unit (CXURETIRINCLB0504M) from 1984 to 2023 about social, retirement, consumer unit, social assistance, tax, government, private, income, persons, and USA.

In 2016, there were around ***** million people aged 65 and older in the United States. With an increasingly aging population in the United States, this number is expected to increase to about ***** million by 2060.

United States Employment: NF: sa: EH: Continuing Care Retirement Communities data was reported at 501.900 Person th in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 500.100 Person th for Apr 2018. United States Employment: NF: sa: EH: Continuing Care Retirement Communities data is updated monthly, averaging 278.700 Person th from Jan 1990 (Median) to May 2018, with 341 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 501.900 Person th in May 2018 and a record low of 177.800 Person th in Jan 1990. United States Employment: NF: sa: EH: Continuing Care Retirement Communities data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.G026: Current Employment Statistics Survey: Employment: Non Farm: sa.

This dataset provides values for RETIREMENT AGE WOMEN reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

In 2022, 88 percent of U.S. citizens who were 60 years old or older had some type of retirement savings. This information can be interpreted by the number of people in that age group without any retirement savings, which amounted to 12 percent. The share of individuals with retirement savings was lower in the younger age groups, and among adults from 18 to 29 years old, just 57 had retirement savings.

United States - Dividends received: Persons: Publicly administered government employee retirement plans was 44.52300 Bil. of $ in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Dividends received: Persons: Publicly administered government employee retirement plans reached a record high of 48.26300 in January of 2021 and a record low of 0.00000 in January of 1930. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Dividends received: Persons: Publicly administered government employee retirement plans - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Roughly ** percent of Americans had household retirement savings reaching ******* U.S. dollars or more by the end of 2023. Meanwhile, eight percent of respondents stated to not have any household retirement savings at all. The share of people with retirement savings ranging from 100,000 to ******* U.S. dollars has decreased between 2020 and 2023.

SHARE (Survey on Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe www.share-project.org) is a pan-European longitudinal survey of the elderly (50+) population, which focuses on the study of the course of the individual aging process and the causal relationships that influence it, on the one hand, and is, on the other hand, an important source for both monitoring existing policy measures and the science-based initiation of new measures.

The panel waves of the SHARE survey have taken place since 2004 in 2-year increments. The SHARE methodology is designed to be comparable with the similar survey HRS (Heat and Retirement Survey, waves since 1992) in the USA, and in England in 2002. with the ongoing ELSA survey (English Longitudinal Survey on Aging).

This data collection contains the results of a survey of the aged in the United States in 1962. The study gathered information on the health, economic status, living arrangements, and family relationships of persons aged 65 years and older. The emphasis of the survey was on the general physical capacity of older people, the relationship of physical capacity to economic conditions, employment and retirement patterns, housing, and family and social relationships. The survey was designed to produce national estimates of the needs of older persons. In particular, the services that facilitate continued independent living arrangements were examined. The survey was conducted by the National Opinion Research Center and was part of a three-nation study in Denmark, Great Britain, and the United States (see NATIONAL SURVEY OF THE AGED [UNITED STATES], 1957 [ICPSR 7686] and NATIONAL SURVEY OF THE AGED, 1975 [ICPSR 7945]). In personal interviews respondents who were currently employed (and those who were retired or housewives) were asked for employment details and occupational history, their attitudes about work and retirement, and descriptions of their physical health, with specific questions asked of both nonambulatory and housebound persons, (e.g., if they needed and/or received help with various personal care tasks, what specific illness kept them indoors, and who provided their in-home care). Respondents were also asked for information about their children and relatives (e.g., the amount of financial help received from them, the number of times each sibling and child visited, and the amount of time it would take each to make the trip to the respondent's dwelling) and their finances (e.g., living expenses, life insurance, value of property, amount of mortgage payment or rent, and amount and sources of income). Other questions concerned attitudes about aging (e.g., if respondents were satisfied with their life accomplishments, if they believed in an afterlife, and how often they experienced feelings of loneliness and isolation). The interviewers provided observational data about respondents (e.g., level of cooperation and alertness and ability to hear and see). Demographic data gathered include age, sex, marital status, relationship to head of household, number of persons in household, type of household, country of origin, age when arrived in the United States, last grade or year of school completed, religious preference, and if living on a farm.