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FLPanhandle

(7,107 posts)
Tue May 10, 2016, 08:37 AM May 2016

This Chart Shows How Many People Are Younger Than You

Feeling old? This simple chart will reveal the crushing truth of just how many people in the country are younger than you.

Put together by Nathan Yau of Flowing Data, the interactive chart is incredibly simple. Choose to look at men, women or both, move the slider to your age and—boom—a shot of stark reality will tell you the percentage of people around you that are younger. If you’re in your mid-thirties, you’ve hit that terrible tipping point where you’re outnumbered by youngsters.

http://flowingdata.com/2016/05/10/who-is-older-and-younger-than-you/

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76% of the males in the US are younger than I am. No wonder the pilots on airlines look like little kids now.

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This Chart Shows How Many People Are Younger Than You (Original Post) FLPanhandle May 2016 OP
Thanks for posting. I've wondered about that sometimes. Most people are younger than me, but I raccoon May 2016 #1
I've always wondered about what the demographic breakdown of DU would look like. FLPanhandle May 2016 #2
well that was depressing LOL nt Javaman May 2016 #3
Agree. femmocrat May 2016 #6
About what I figured 83% of everyone is younger than me. Of course dirt is younger LiberalArkie May 2016 #4
94% Old Codger May 2016 #5
70% of the country is younger than me. Now git off my lawn, ya punks! Bucky May 2016 #7

raccoon

(31,110 posts)
1. Thanks for posting. I've wondered about that sometimes. Most people are younger than me, but I
Tue May 10, 2016, 08:45 AM
May 2016

know of at least 3 DU'ers who are older than me. LOL.

FLPanhandle

(7,107 posts)
2. I've always wondered about what the demographic breakdown of DU would look like.
Tue May 10, 2016, 08:58 AM
May 2016

I usually feel I'm on the way upper end of the age spectrum here.

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