Are Millennials really so unlike than the generations of young adult that came before them ? Some data forensics let on what has — and has n’t — actually convert about being a young grownup in America .
The Census has grind its most recent data collected on 18 - 34 twelvemonth old today and equate it with the results of 18 - 34 year old from the past nosecount starting in 1980 to see how much life has changed — and it ’s changed a lot .
Some of the shifts are demographic : 18 - 34 year old make up a smaller share of the total universe than they used to ( down to 23 % from 30 % in 1980 ) , are twice as likely to have been born abroad , less likely to have been married , and more likely to verbalise multiple languages .
But the financial outlook is also desolate than their 1980s counterpart : The are much more probable to live with a parent , be unemployed ( though they are more likely to have a postsecondary arcdegree ) , and have downcast salaries than any of the antecedently surveyed generation .
There was , however , one constant . Most 18 - 34 year old — 8 out of 10 — still reckon on a gondola to get themselves to work , just about the same amount found in the late censuses .
Of naturally , a deal of data also vary by realm . Here are some single-valued function that graph out how some of those figures fall across the nation . you may also run your own comparisons with a new tool released by the Censusright here .
prototype : Christopher Michel
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