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Millennials overtake Baby Boomers as America’s largest generation

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The millennial generation is those aged 23 to 38 as of 2019. Image: Unsplash/Helena Lopes

Richard Fry
Senior Researcher, Pew Research Center
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Baby Boomers are projected to have the sharpest decline as they begin to reach old age. Image: Pew Research Center tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau estimates
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The Boomer generation gave birth to 76 million Americans. Image: U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services National Center for Health Statistics.
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