U.S. Millennials Generation

A U.S. Millennials Generation is a Millennials generation that is a U.S. generational demographic.

• AKA: American Generation Yers.
• Context:
  • It has size, in 2016, of 83.1 million (which represents ~25% of the U.S. population).
• Example(s):
  • NYC Millennials.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • German Millennials.
  • Chinese Millennials.
  • American Generation Xers.
  • [[American Baby Boomers]].
• See: U.S. Demographic.

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References

2016

• (NYC Comptroller, 2016) ⇒ Office of the Comptroller City of New York. (2016). “New Yorks Millennials in Recession and Recovery." City of New York, Office of the Comptroller.
  • QUOTE: Defined in this report as people born between 1985 and 1996, New York City millennials experienced many of the same challenges as their national counterparts – escalating educational requirements for entry-level jobs, soaring higher education costs, and a proliferation of low-wage jobs.

• http://www.uschamberfoundation.org/reports/millennial-generation-research-review

                          Born     Age (in 2012)
Generation X         1965 – 1979   33 – 47
Millennial Generation 1980 – 1999   13 – 32
Generation Z         2000 –        12 and under

2015

• U.S. Census. (2015). “Millennials Outnumber Baby Boomers and Are Far More Diverse.” In: Census Bureau Reports, Release Number: CB15-113
  • QUOTE: Millennials, or America’s youth born between 1982 and 2000, now number 83.1 million and represent more than one quarter of the nation’s population. Their size exceeds that of the 75.4 million baby boomers, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates released today. Overall, millennials are more diverse than the generations that preceded them, with 44.2 percent being part of a minority race or ethnic group (that is, a group other than non-Hispanic, single-race white).

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