How does the Racial Makeup of Gen Z Compare to Previous Generations?
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Gen Z is the most racially diverse generation in the US, aside from younger Gen Alpha. They are the last generation in which the majority identifies as non-Hispanic white (51%).
A quarter of Gen Z (25%) identify as Hispanic, which is four percentage points more than millennials, and 3.9% identify as non-Hispanic multiracial, which is 1.7 percentage points more than millennials.
Between 0.7–0.8% of baby boomers, Gen X, millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha identify as American Indian and Alaska Native alone. The percentage of Gen Z who identify as non-Hispanic Black or African American is the same as Gen Alpha and millennials at 14%. The percentage of Gen Z who identify as Asian (6%) is the same as Gen Alpha and lower than millennials and Gen X (7%).
Dataset
Generation | Hispanic | Non-Hispanic, Two or More Races | Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native | Non-Hispanic Asian | Non-Hispanic Black or African American | Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | Non-Hispanic White |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alpha | 10050494 | 1966919 | 288437 | 2227354 | 5406225 | 87577 | 18520542 |
Gen Z | 17202909 | 2706657 | 568469 | 3863754 | 9585826 | 141225 | 35508878 |
Millennial | 15168946 | 1591920 | 560626 | 5314021 | 9961215 | 163332 | 39476886 |
Gen X | 12227099 | 898550 | 451201 | 4473983 | 8189219 | 125059 | 39005629 |
Baby boomers | 7419284 | 674024 | 449919 | 3466843 | 7369522 | 97913 | 49113525 |
Post war | 1549170 | 149563 | 98847 | 888269 | 1509771 | 20090 | 14077269 |
WWII | 46444 | 6216 | 3473 | 41801 | 48693 | 732 | 523237 |
Data sources
Racial categories include people who identify only as that race; people who identify with multiple races are included under "Non-Hispanic, Two or more races". WWII era is defined as people born in 1927 and older, Post War is 1928 - 1945, Baby Boomers are 1946 - 1964, Gen X is 1965 - 1980, Millennials are 1981 - 1996, Gen Z are 1997 - 2012, and Alpha are 2013 - present.