Baby Boomers – adults born between 1946 and 1964 – will soon reach a milestone, when the oldest members of this generation turn 80.
Within generations, wealth tends to be strongly linked with education, and Boomers are no exception. In 2022, households headed by a Boomer with a bachelor’s degree or more education had a median wealth of $1,077,200. This is higher than the typical wealth of college-educated older Americans in the Greatest Generation, again adjusted for inflation. The difference between Boomers and older ...
The oldest Baby Boomers turn 80 in 2026 - Pew Research Center
A line chart showing that Boomer Population. Note: All figures rounded to the nearest million. These estimates and projections include both native-born and foreign-born residents.
America's baby boomers are in a collective funk. Members of the large generation born from 1946 to 1964 are more downbeat about their lives than are adults who are younger or older.
It’s wise to think of terms like Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X and Baby Boomer as general reference points instead of scientific facts. At Pew Research Center, we’ll continue to use these and other labels to help our readers navigate a changing world. But we’ll do so sparingly – and only when the data supports the use of the generational lens.
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In 2022, all Boomer households combined owned $77 trillion in wealth. The top 10% of Boomer households held 71% of that total wealth.
Millennials have surpassed Baby Boomers as the nation’s largest living adult generation, according to population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. As of (the latest date for which population estimates are available), Millennials, whom we define as ages 23 to 38 in 2019, numbered 72.1 million, and Boomers (ages 55 to 73) numbered 71.6 million. Generation X (ages 39 to 54 ...