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CHAPTER 5 HOUSING 98 <br /> population (age 65+) almost doubled between 1970 and 1980 and is estimated to have grown <br /> by another 607 between 1980 and 1985 and now represents 8% of New Brighton's <br /> population. Conversely, the percentage of children (ages 0-5) was reduced by nearly one- <br /> half from 15% in 1970 to 8% in 1980. The aging of New Brighton's population is not an <br /> uncommon pattern. As the baby boom generation enters middle age, the population of the <br /> Twin Cities Metropolitan area and the nation as a whole has followed a similar pattern of <br /> aging. <br /> • <br />