Gray New World

Nevada is transforming from the Silver State to the silver-haired state as its population ages and birth rates slow.State demographer Jeff Hardcastle projects that seniors will make up 31 percent of Nevada’s population in 2030, up by more than 50 percent from 2010 levels.Already, as young people leave to seek work in the city, several of Nevada’s rural counties have median ages that are older than the nation as a whole. The state’s urban centers are growing older, in part, because real estate developments geared toward retirees are luring new senior residents.