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Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z.Unlike their counterparts in most other developed nations, Millennials in the United States are a relatively large cohort in their nation's population, which has implications for their nation's economy and geopolitics. [1]
Generation Z (or Gen Z for short), colloquially known as Zoomers, [1] [2] is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. [3]Members of Generation Z, were born between the mid-to-late 1990s and the early 2010s, with the generation typically being defined as those born from 1997 to 2012.
Generation Z (often shortened to Gen Z), also known as Zoomers, [1] [2] [3] is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha.Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years, with the generation most frequently being defined as people born from 1997 to 2012.
Under federal law, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, [41] the number of first-generation immigrants living in the United States has increased, [42] from 9.6 million in 1970 to about 38 million in 2007. [43] Around a million people legally immigrated to the United States per year in the 1990s, up from 250,000 per year in the 1950s. [44]
The 2024 election saw some big shifts in how the generations voted. Getty Images;Chelsea Jia Feng/BI Gen X and younger voters shifted right in recent polls, favoring Trump more than they did in 2020.
Generation Alpha (often shortened to Gen Alpha) is the demographic cohort succeeding Generation Z and preceding Generation Beta. [1] While researchers and popular media generally identify early 2010s as the starting birth years and the mid-2020s as the ending birth years, these ranges are not precisely defined and may vary depending on the source (see § Date and age range definitions).
Generation Z is the latest age group to enter the workforce, and a recent study aimed to determine which U.S. states offer the best opportunities for young professionals to get rich.
The United States Library of Congress and Statistics Canada have cited Pew's definition of 1997–2012 for Generation Z. [51] [52] In a 2022 report, the U.S. Census designates Generation Z as those born from 1997 to 2013. [54] Generation Zers experienced the onset and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as children or young adults. [57]