Generation X: America’s neglected ‘middle child’ World War II photographer Robert Capa first coined the term Generation X in a photo essay about the young adults of the 1950s, but the label didn’t stick the first time around It was revived thirty years later by Canadian author Douglas Coupland, whose coming of age novel, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture , was set in Southern
Generation X - Research and data from Pew Research Center The 2018 midterm elections significantly boosted the number of Millennials and Generation Xers in the lower chamber short reads Jul 23, 2018 Gen X rebounds as the only generation to recover the wealth lost after the housing crash
Generations - Research and data from Pew Research Center Age and generation in the 119th Congress: Somewhat younger, with fewer Boomers and more Gen Xers The median age of voting members of the House of Representatives is now 57 5 years, while the Senate’s median age is 64 7 years
Where Millennials end and Generation Z begins - Pew Research Center Generation X grew up as the computer revolution was taking hold, and Millennials came of age during the internet explosion In this progression, what is unique for Generation Z is that all of the above have been part of their lives from the start The iPhone launched in 2007, when the oldest Gen Zers were 10
Millennials outnumbered Boomers in 2019 | Pew Research Center Generation X For a few more years, Gen Xers are projected to remain the “middle child” of generations – caught between two larger generations, the Millennials and the Boomers Gen Xers were born during a period when Americans were having fewer children than in later decades
How Millennials compare with prior generations - Pew Research Center Younger generations (Generation X, Millennials and Generation Z) now make up a clear majority of America’s voting-eligible population As of November 2018, nearly six-in-ten adults eligible to vote (59%) were from one of these three generations, with Boomers and older generations making up the other 41%
The Whys and Hows of Generations Research Generation X describes people born from 1965 through 1980 The label overtook the first name affixed to this generation: the Baby Bust In part, this generation is defined by the relatively low birth rates in these years compared with the Baby Boom generation that preceded them and the Millennial generation that followed them
Gen X the only generation to rebound from Great Recession in wealth In fact, in 2016, the most recent year with available data, the net worth of a typical Gen X household had surpassed what it was in 2007 ($84,200 vs $63,400) As of 2016, the median wealth of households headed by Boomers and the Silent Generation remains below 2007 levels, though their household wealth still exceeds that of Gen X
Which generations have the most members in the 117th Congress? | Pew . . . Overall, 11 of the 61 new House members are Millennials, bringing that generation’s share of members in the chamber to 7% Seven of those 11 new members are Republicans Twenty-seven of the new representatives are from Gen X (those born from 1965 to 1980), making them the highest share among the new members, and most of them (21) are Republicans