First Class Mail Letters (1 oz.) rates will increase from $0.47 to $0.49 when purchased at the Post Office. 1  Each additional ounce will cost $0.21. 2  The discounted âMetered Mailâ category for First Class Mail Letters (1 oz.), which includes online postage providers and postage meters, will decrease from $0.465 to $0.46.
A recent New York Times story calls a 69-year-old woman elderly. Philadelphia Metro considers 70 to be elderly. When NPR ran a story recently about a 71-year-old midwife, some readers objected to the word elderly in the original headline.
Income of All Older Adults from All Sources. In 2016, 49.5 million Americans were age 65 and older. Half of all older adults had less than $23,394 in yearly income from all sources. In 2016, half of all older households received less than $39,823 in yearly income from all sources. Income for older adults is also measured in terms of aged units. According to the most recent available numbers, half of all aged units had less than $30,193 in 2014. Read about the different measures of income.