document.write( "Question 1134231: The report, “The Older Population: 2010” also indicates that in 1900 approximately 4% of the U.S. population was made up of individuals who were 65 years or older, while in 2010 this same age group made up about 13% of the population.\r
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For the first question, it increased by 9 percentage points. \r
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