Baby Boomers

Our analysis finds that Millennials stand apart from the young adults of the Silent generation when it comes to education, employment and home life.

Four-in-ten Millennial workers ages 25 to 29 had completed at least a bachelor’s degree in 2016, compared with 32% of Generation X workers and smaller shares of the Baby Boom and Silent generations when they were in the same age range.

Roughly half of U.S. cohabiters are younger than 35. But an increasing number of Americans ages 50 and older are in cohabiting relationships.

The generation gap in American politics is dividing two younger age groups, Millennials and Generation X, from the two older groups, Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation.

Among U.S. adults ages 50 and older, the divorce rate has roughly doubled since the 1990s.

The Pew Research Center survey, conducted in association with A+E Networks' HISTORY, asked everyone from Millennials to members of the Greatest Generation to list the events that most profoundly affected America.

Today, 57% of U.S. adults say use of marijuana should be made legal, while 37% say it should be illegal. A decade ago, opinion was nearly the reverse.

The share of Americans who do not identify with a religious group is surely growing, but there are differing ideas about the factors driving this trend.

Recent presidential elections have been dominated by voters from the Baby Boom and previous generations. That may change this November.

Compared with many other countries in the world, Americans stand out for their patriotism. But surveys show that Americans disagree over what’s behind their country’s success.