Insider: “Today, about a quarter of Congress is over the age of 70, the highest percentage ever. At the same time, while half the country is aged 38 or younger, just 5 percent of Congress can say the same.”
“It wasn’t just that the oldest members of Congress were getting older. Even the younger members of Congress were, on balance, getting older — driving up the average age of a member of Congress past 60. From 1950 to 1990, an average of 10% of Congress was under the age of 40. This got as high as 17% in the early 1980s. But today, as older members stay longer, the average has been just 4% since 2000.”
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