When you look at the numbers you will see that it isn't so simple and other factors clearly come into play (social security disability is likely one factor). F

When you look at the numbers you will see that it isn't so simple and other factors clearly come into play (social security disability is likely one factor). For example, Georgia is the second youngest state with only 9.6% of the population over 65 years-old, but they have a below average laborforce participation rate of 62.8% [1]. Pennsylvania, with 15.6% of the population over 65 is the second oldest, but has a 62.9% participation rate. Iowa is the 4th oldest state and has the 6th highest participation rate (68.8). North Dakota is 5th oldest and 3rd highest rate (69.3%). South Dakota is 8th oldest and 7th in LFPR (68.7%). [1] https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/ststdsadata.txt https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/ststdsadata.txt [2] https://www.prb.org/whichusstatesaretheoldest/ https://www.prb.org/whichusstatesaretheoldest/