Millennials are now America's largest living generation
With 75.4 million members to baby boomers' 74.9 million, millennials — those born between 1981 and 1997 — are now the largest living generation in America.
[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"151365","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
The new ranking is due to two factors. First, baby boomers, the oldest of whom turn 70 this year, are beginning to die off. In fact, the boomer generation peaked nearly two decades ago in 1999, with 78.8 million members, and has been shrinking ever since.
The second and less obvious factor is immigration, which enables the millennial generation in America to continue to grow even though the cutoff date for new births is long past. Millennials are expected to peak at 81.1 million living members in 2036.
-
Switzerland could vote to cap its populationUnder the Radar Swiss People’s Party proposes referendum on radical anti-immigration measure to limit residents to 10 million
-
Political cartoons for February 15Cartoons Sunday's political cartoons include political ventriloquism, Europe in the middle, and more
-
The broken water companies failing England and WalesExplainer With rising bills, deteriorating river health and a lack of investment, regulators face an uphill battle to stabilise the industry
-
Nobody seems surprised Wagner's Prigozhin died under suspicious circumstancesSpeed Read
-
Western mountain climbers allegedly left Pakistani porter to die on K2Speed Read
-
'Circular saw blades' divide controversial Rio Grande buoys installed by Texas governorSpeed Read
-
Los Angeles city workers stage 1-day walkout over labor conditionsSpeed Read
-
Mega Millions jackpot climbs to an estimated $1.55 billionSpeed Read
-
Bangladesh dealing with worst dengue fever outbreak on recordSpeed Read
-
Glacial outburst flooding in Juneau destroys homesSpeed Read
-
Scotland seeking 'monster hunters' to search for fabled Loch Ness creatureSpeed Read
