Immigration and aging rewire America

Over the last 50 years the U.S. has simultaneously aged and absorbed an unprecedented number of immigrants, concentrating growth in specific regions while changing the age, racial and skill mix of the population. That combination alters labor markets, public budgets (healthcare and pensions), political coalitions and where economic dynamism concentrates. — Policymakers and parties will need to reconcile the competing fiscal and political pressures of an older native population and a growing, younger immigrant population concentrated in particular states and metros.