Dan Walters, CalMatters | California’s aging population will test whether its demography is destiny

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Dan Walters, CalMatters | California’s aging population will test whether its demography is destiny

California is a living laboratory for the observation that demography is destiny, first uttered by the 19th century French philosopher Auguste Comte. During the first 150 years of its statehood, California’s population grew briskly thanks to the effects of immigration from other countries and other states. However, although its ethnic and cultural attributes evolved, there was one constant: its youth. Immigrants tend to be young people seeking b…