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May 14, 2020 · Generation Z represents the leading edge of the country’s changing racial and ethnic makeup. A bare majority (52%) are non-Hispanic white – significantly smaller than the share of Millennials who were non-Hispanic white in 2002 (61%).
Nov 15, 2018 · The youngest generation in the U.S. is entering adulthood as the country's most racially and ethnically diverse generation and is on its way to becoming the best educated generation yet,...
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Sep 20, 2022 · LGBTQ+ rally Young people rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in support of LGBTQ+ rights, October 2019. Generation Z is, in general, the most diverse generation of Americans to date in a variety of demographics. Nearly 50 percent of Gen Zers are racial and ethnic minorities, and 1 in 4 identifies as Hispanic.
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Gen Z’s Racial and Ethnic Makeup and LGBTQ Identity. Gen Z is the only generation in which less than half of its members are white and more Gen Zers identify as LGBTQ than any other generation.
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Meet Generation Z. Born between 1997 and 2012, they are “racially and ethnically diverse, progressive and pro-government” according to Pew Research Center. They’re also sandwiched between millennials — born between 1981 and 1996 — and Generation Alpha, which is adding members through 2025. Called Generation Z or “zoomers,”...
The Gen Z population includes nearly 70 million young people as of 2022, up from 57 million in 2010.
The KIDS COUNT Data Center provides population data for Generation Z and other generations from 2010 to 2022. While Gen Z grew steadily during this period, millennials were consistently greater in number, at 72.2 million in 2022, the largest of all generations that year. At the state level, California is home to the largest number of Gen Zers, with about 8.2 million, followed by Texas with approximately 6.9 million. Wyoming and Vermont have the fewest zoo...
Gen Z is more racially and ethnically diverse than older generations.
About half of Gen Zers are white (51%), while one-fourth (25%) are Latino or Hispanic, 15% are Black, 6% are Asian or Pacific Islander, 5% have two or more races and 2% are American Indian or Alaska Native. By contrast, a greater share of millennials, Gen Xers and baby boomers are white: 55%, 60% and 72%, respectively. Gen Alpha, on the other hand, is on track to be the most diverse generation yet, as just under half (48%) are white. Generation Z also became slightly mor...
Zoomers increasingly represent immigrant families.
Kids under age 18 in immigrant families — meaning either the child is foreign-born or lives with at least one foreign-born parent — grew more common as Gen Zers grew up over the past two decades, jumping from 19% of the country’s total child population in 2000 to 25% in 2021. The vast majority (90%) of these children are U.S. citizens. Among youth and young adults ages 14 to 24 in 2017–2021, capturing many older Gen Zers, more than 1 in 5 (22%) were immigrants or lived in...
At peak poverty rates in 2011 and 2012, almost 1 in 4 Gen Zers lived in poverty.
Gen Z has experienced exceptionally high poverty rates — greater than those of millennials, Gen Xers and baby boomers during 2010 to 2021 (the years available on the KIDS COUNT Data Center). The share of zoomers living in poverty reached a peak of 23% in 2011 and 2012, then steadily fell to 17% — about 11.3 million young people — by 2021. Poverty rates for Gen Alpha have been the highest of all generations, starting at 25% in 2013 and dipping to 18% (about 6.1 million...
In 2012, Gen Zers were still growing up, and nearly half — almost 30 million — were low-income.
In 2011 and 2012, Gen Zers were ages 0 to 15, and 46% lived in low-income families, meaning their income was less than 200% of the federal poverty level. A decade later in 2021, the share of low-income Gen Zers fell to 36% or about 23.8million. In 2021, 200% of the federal poverty level for a family of two adults and two children was $54,958. During 2010 to 2021, a larger share of zoomers lived in low-income households than millennials, Gen Xers and baby boomers. Howeve...
In which states are Gen Zers most likely to be poor?
Mississippi, Louisiana and New Mexico have the highest rates of Gen Zers living in poverty and in low-income families, according to 2021data. Specifically: 1. Half of Gen Zers in New Mexico (50%) and almost half in Louisiana (47%) and Mississippi (47%) live in low-income families, the highest percentages of all states. However, in New Hampshire, just one-fifth (20%) live in low-income families, the lowest share of any state. 2. Gen Zers in the southern, central re...
When the oldest Gen Zers reached eighth grade around 2011, the percentage of U.S. eighth graders scoring proficient in math hit its highest level since 2000: 34%.
While Generation Z made its way through the school system over the last couple decades, several bellwether education indicators improved, such as fourth grade reading and eighth grade math achievement levels. The oldest members of Gen Z reached eighth grade in 2010 or 2011. The share of eighth grade students scoring proficient or better in math rose to a high of 34% in 2011, up from 25% in 2000. The figure remained fairly steady between 2011 and 2019 and then plunged t...
When the oldest zoomers reached ages 16 to 19, only 4% of teens in this age group were out of school and lacking a high school diploma.
From 2013 to 2021, as more and more Gen Zers entered adolescence and young adulthood, the percentage of youth ages 16 to 19 who were not in school and did not complete high school remained even at 4%, substantially lower than the 11% in 2000. In addition, the share of high school students not graduating on time also improved from 18% to 14% between 2013 and 2020 (the most recent data available on the KIDS COUNTData Center). See More Gen Z Education Data
As Gen Zers reached college age, nearly half of young adults were enrolling in or completing college.
The share of young adults ages 18 to 24 who were enrolled in or finished with college has held steady at just under 50% ever since Gen Zers reached age 18 in 2015. This figure is a marked improvement from 36% in 2000. See College Rates for Your State
As Gen Z kids grew up, their chances of going into foster care went down.
The likelihood of children, birth to age 17, being in foster care dipped from 8 to 5 in every 1,000 kids between 2000 and 2021. The U.S. foster care system is meant to provide safe, temporary living arrangements and support services for children who have been removed from their families due to maltreatment, lack of safety or inadequate care. However, some kids never leave foster care and “age out” of the system, lacking adequate support to thrive as young adults...
Teen births fell by 69% from the millennial rate in 2000 to the Gen Z rate in 2020.
Teen births dropped with Generation Z — going from 48 births per 1,000 Millennial teens ages 15 to 19 in 2000 to just 14 per 1,000 Gen Z teens 15 to 19 in 2021. The share of young adults ages 18 to 24 who are parents also has been declining nationwide, and fell from 10% in 2009–2013 to 6% in 2016–2020. While efforts to reduce teen births and unplanned pregnancy among young adults have worked in recent decades, the nation still has millions of young parents who need supportnavi...
The share of Gen Zers born to unmarried women increased from 32% to 41%.
At the start of Generation Z in 1997, nearly one-third (32%) of births were to unmarried women. That figure jumped to 41% by 2012, the last year that Gen Zers were born. As of 2021, it was still holding at 40%. Given that statistic, it may not be surprising that children living in single-parent families grew more common, too, over the past two decades, rising from 31% in 2000 to 34% in 2021. See single-parent family data for your state Kids of single parents, espec...
While nearly all (95%) Gen Z teens ages 13 to 17 have access to smartphones, low-income teens are less likely to have computers.
According to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 (capturing a slice of Gen Z youth who currently range from ages 10 to 26), teen smartphone access does not differ greatly for lower- and higher-income households: 93% versus 96%, respectively. However, 94% of teens in households earning over $75,000 a year have access to computers, compared to 79% of teens from low-income households making less than $30,000a year. Access to computers and lap...
Close to half of Gen Z teens report being online almost constantly.
According to the same 2022 survey of teens 13 to 17, an increasing share of youth say that they’re online almost constantly: 46% in 2022, nearly twice the 24% reported in 2014–15. Of course, with Gen Z being born after 1996, and growing up with the internet, computers, mobile devices, cell service and the near-constant ability to be connected, living life online has essentially been assumed. Read More about Gen Z and Technology
YouTube and TikTok top the social media list for today’s Gen Z teens.
YouTube is by far the most popular online social media platform among teens ages 13 to 17 in 2022, used by 95%, followed by TikTok, used by 67%. Among the five most frequently used platforms — YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook — more than one-third (35%) of teens said they use one or more of these platforms almost constantly.
How many Gen Zers are there in the United States?
It is estimated that Generation Z includes nearly 70 million young people.
What percentage of the population is Gen Z?
About 20%, with the same for Gen X (19.9%), and a bit more for millennials and baby boomers (both 22%), according to a Brookings Institution analysis in 2020.
What is the year range for Gen Z versus other generations?
1. Gen Alpha: 2013 to 2025 2. Gen Z: 1997 to 2012 3. Millennials: 1981 to 1996 4. Gen X: 1965 to 1980 5. Baby boomers: 1946 to 1964
See the KIDS COUNT Data Center’s new Gen Z indicators listed below, as well as a new dataset on youth and young adults ages 14 to 24, capturing many older Gen Zers.
Jan 3, 2022 · In summary, a typical Gen Zer is a self-driver who deeply cares about others, strives for a diverse community, is highly collaborative and social, values flexibility, relevance, authenticity and non-hierarchical leadership, and, while dismayed about inherited issues like climate change, has a pragmatic attitude about the work that has to be done...
Mar 28, 2019 · One in four is Hispanic, and 6 percent are Asian, according to studies led by the Pew Research Center. Fourteen percent are African-American. And that racial and ethnic diversity is expected to...
