A newly released census report gives Maine an honored distinction – the high percentage of old people.
The Pine Tree State ranks No.1 in the nation with seniors.
Twenty-four percent of Maine residents are over 65, placing it tops nationally.
Vermont is No. 2 with 23 percent.
The common consensus has been that Florida is where old people congregate but the Sunshine State gets a bad rap – it ranks No. 4 nationwide with 22 percent of old people.
No. 3 is West Virginia, which beats Florida by 0.1 of a percent when it comes to geezers.
Maine has 330,000 oldsters, compared to 148,000 in Vermont.
New Hampshire is the only other New England state in the top 10, ranking No. 7.
Fast-growing states with younger populations, including Utah and Texas, remain well below the national average.
Only 12 percent of Utah is old, making it the spryest state. Texas is second-youngest, with 14 percent.
Cushy political jobs must be good for the blood pressure – U.S. Sen. Angus King, 82, hasn’t had a real job in memory, nor has Gov. Janet Mills, 78, the state’s second-oldest ranking politician.
At a spry 73, Susan Collins, the state’s senior senator, is really no senior at all compared to Angus and Janet.
Collins is just getting warmed up, five terms and counting…
Sheese, almost all comments ” closed “, except for the one that is pretty much meaningless. No doubt this one got clicks.
You’d “ think “ that with a population mostly over 65 , that the people would appreciate just how dangerous all this talk about “ the benefits of socialism “ really is …..duh .
Drive down to the Newcastle / Damariscotta bridge some Wednesday afternoon , and see just how “ informed “ the over 65 crowd is .
Where T F do these people come from and what kind of drugs are they on ?
How did these senior citizens get so crazy ?
Maine is the state with the most leftover Hippies. That explains the Visibility Brigades on the bridges.
Anri-business democrat/communists have concentrated their export efforts on sending Maine’s youth away, and why would they stay?
Every viable business except selling tacky trinkets to summer tourists has been vilified by these grifters that run the state.
Is that a senior citizen in the picture? Hope I look that good if I make it to the 80’s. Shouldn’t the pic be some prune faced guy/gal like me since it’s about being old. Well, at least I can still chomp on lobstah.
All one needs to do is drive to Belfast on a warm Wednesday and you’ll see plenty of washed-out old hippies still trying to find some semblance of relevance by waving anti ICE placards and chanting songs from the 60’s! They still don’t have a life!
All these old people aren’t from Maine, so no it isn’t from eating lobster.
Thanks to the Democraps, Maine is nothing more than a retirement state now. They’ve taxed the life out of corporations coming here and are trying to do the same to small businesses. They’re an absolute disgrace