The racial and ethnic makeup of America's generations % of6- to 21-year-olds who are White Note: Racial groups include only single-race non-Hispanics. Hispanics are of any race. Asians groups inc lude Pacific Islanders only single-race The CPS non-Hispanics. did not separately Hispanics identify Asians any until 1988. Hispanic origin was not collected until 1971. The racial and ethnic
Post-Millennials – today’s 6- to 21-year-olds, also known as Generation Z – are on track to be the most racially and ethnically diverse generation yet. A bare majority of post-Millennials are non-Hispanic white (52%), while a quarter are Hispanic. And while most post-Millennials are still pursuing their K-12 education, the oldest members of this generation are enrolling in college at a significantly higher rate than Millennials were at a comparable age.
The racial and ethnic makeup of America's generations  | % of6- to 21-year-olds who are  | Black  | Other  | White  | Hispanic  | Asian  | PostMillennials  | 52%  | 25  | 14  | in 2018  | Millennials  | 18  | 15  | 61  | in 2002  | the Xers in 1986 70  | 12  | 15  | SI//A  | 3  | Early Boomers  | 13  | 82  | Boomers in 1968  | Note: Racial groups include only single-race non-Hispanics. Hispanics are of any  | race. Asians groups inc lude Pacific Islanders only single-race The CPS non-Hispanics. did not separately Hispanics identify Asians any  | until 1988. Hispanic origin was not collected until 1971. The racial and ethnic  | composition of Boomers in 1968 was imputed on the basis of 8 to 23-year-olds in  | the 1970 census.  | Source: Pew Research Center ana alysis of 1986, 2002 and 2018 Current  | Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements and 1970 decennial  | census (IPUMS).  | "Early Benchmarks Show Post- Millennials on Track to Be Most Diverse,  | Best Educated Generation Yet"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 