Generation X
Generation X (often shortened to Gen X) is the demographic cohort following the baby boomers and preceding the millennials.
Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1960s as starting birth years and the late 1970s to early 1980s as ending birth years, with the generation being generally defined as people born from 1965 to 1980.[1]
By this definition and U.S. Census data, there are 65.2 million Gen Xers[2] in the United States as of 2019.[3]
Most members of Generation X are the children of the Silent Generation and early boomers;[4][5]
Xers are also often the parents of millennials[4] and Generation Z.[6]