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In the United States, the baby boomers have been described as "the largest and most powerful generation in US history." [203] Even though the Baby Boomers were responsible for the cultural revolution of the late 1960s and 1970s, their political views shifted quickly and decisively during the 1980s. This was not because they wanted to reverse ...
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]
The term "baby boom" is often used to refer specifically to the post–World War II (1946–1964) baby boom in the United States and Europe. In the US the number of annual births exceeded 2 per 100 women (or approximately 1% of the total population size). [22] An estimated 78.3 million Americans were born during this period. [23]
Baby boomers were named for the baby boom that occurred post–World War II; the X label for the subsequent generation came from an antiestablishment mindset; and millennials became adults at the ...
From there, the midpoint birth year of each generation was used for comparison: 1955 for baby boomers, 1972 for Generation X, 1988 for millennials and 2004 for Generation Z.
Baby boomers are the largest generation to retire. However, a Stanford Center on Longevity study found that the median amount boomers have in tax-advantaged plans is $290,000 for early boomers born...
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]
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