Monday, September 12, 2011

The Generations, 2010

Below are the 2010 census counts of the U.S. population by generation, calculated using single-year of age data released by the Census Bureau. The total population in 2010 was 308,745,538...

iGeneration: 65,470,033 (21.2%)
   aged 15 and younger, born 1995 and later
Millennial generation: 76,608,254 (24.8%)
   aged 16 to 33, born 1977 to 1994
Generation X: 49,418,690 (16.0%)
   aged 34 to 45, born 1965 to 1976
Baby-boom generation: 76,980,577 (24.9%)
   aged 46 to 64, born 1946 to 1964
Older generations: 40,267,984 (13.0%)
   aged 65 and older, born 1945 and earlier

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