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The North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the goals of a better-informed public and more effective, accountable, and responsive government. The Center identifies public policy issues facing North Carolina and enriches the dialogue among citizens, the media, and policymakers. Based on its research, the Center makes recommendations for improving the way government serves the people of this state. In all its efforts, the Center values reliable and objective research as a basis for analyzing public policy, independence from partisan bias and political ideology, the richness of the states diverse population, and a belief in the importance of citizen involvement in public life.

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RISING AGING POPULATION WILL COMPLICATE NC’S FUTURE STATE BUDGET ISSUES

June 16, 2009

A new study by the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research finds that North Carolina’s older population is expected to double by 2030, rising from 1.1 million to 2.2 million. By 2030, one of every five Americans will be 65 or older. The Center says these demographic changes will force North Carolina to deal with four public policy issues: differences in financial well-being among the elderly, the different needs of urban and rural seniors, work force shortages in health professions, and state budget implications.

“The Baby Boomers are the second largest generation in American history, and they are going to start turning 65 in 2011,” says Mebane Rash, the editor of the Center’s journal, North Carolina Insight. “In 2011, the state will still be recovering from the Great Recession – just when it needs to respond to this demographic shift. Right now, we are not ready.”

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