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  2. Baby boomers - Wikipedia

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    The term baby boom refers to a noticeable increase in the birth rate. The post-World War II population increase was described as a "boom" by various newspaper reporters, including Sylvia F. Porter in a column in the May 4, 1951, edition of the New York Post, based on the increase of 2,357,000 in the population of the U.S. from 1940 to 1950.

  3. Baby boom - Wikipedia

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    Post–World War II baby boom : Although the answer of when it happened can vary, most people agree that the baby boom occurred around 1946 and 1964. [24] This generation of "baby boomers" was the result of a strong postwar economy, in which Americans felt confident they would be able to support a larger number of children.

  4. Mid-20th century baby boom - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Census Bureau defines baby boomers as those born between mid-1946 and mid-1964, [2] although the U.S. birth rate began to increase in 1941, and decline after 1957. Deborah Carr considers baby boomers to be those born between 1944 and 1959, [23] while Strauss and Howe place the beginning of the baby boom in 1943. [24]

  5. Who exactly is Gen Alpha and Gen Z? A guide to the generation ...

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    Baby Boomers. Next up is the baby boom generation, born from 1946 to 1964, whose name can be attributed to the spike in births — or “baby boom” — in the U.S. and Europe following World War II.

  6. Baby Boomers Have Never Been So Wealthy, Yet Many Aren’t ...

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    Baby boomers now hold an unprecedented share of the nation's wealth, with those born during this specific period now officially holding approximately 51.8% of U.S. wealth as of the early 2020s ...

  7. Generation Jones - Wikipedia

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    Generation Jones is the generation or social cohort between the Baby Boom generation and Generation X. The term was coined by American cultural commentator Jonathan Pontell, who argues that the term refers to a full distinct generation born from 1954 to 1965. [ 1 ]

  8. Here's how much the typical American baby boomer has ... - AOL

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    The roughly 71.6 million men and women of the postwar baby-boom generation started hitting retirement age about a decade ago. But it’ll be another dozen years before the whole generation has ...

  9. Strauss–Howe generational theory - Wikipedia

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    A generation is an aggregate of people born every ~21 years Baby Boomers → Gen X → Millennials → Homelanders; Each generation experiences "four turnings" every ~85 years High → Awakening → Unraveling → Crisis; A generation is considered "dominant" or "recessive" according to the turning experienced as young adults.