Nearly three-quarters of U.S-born Hispanics are Millennials or younger % among Hispanics
The disproportionately young profile of Latinos in the U.S. is driven by the overwhelming youth of U.S.-born Hispanics. With a median age of 19, nearly half (47%) of U.S.-born Latinos are younger than 18. This is similar to the youth share among the nation’s other major racial or ethnic group with a large immigrant population – U.S.-born Asians, of whom 49% are younger than 18. By comparison, just 27% of U.S.-born blacks and 20% of U.S.-born whites are younger than 18.
Among the country’s Latinos, the immigrant and U.S.-born populations have very different age patterns. Few immigrants arrive as children. As a result, just 6% of immigrant Latinos are younger than 18. Most immigrants arrive as working-age adults. Some 26% of Latino immigrants in 2014 were Millennials and a 37% plurality were Gen Xers (ages 34 to 49). Another quarter of foreign-born Latinos (24%) were Boomers (ages 50 to 68).
Nearly three-quarters of U.S-born Hispanics are  | Millennials or younger  | % among Hispanics  | Younger Millennial  | Gen X  | Boomer Silent/Greatest  | than 18  | ad lults (18-33) (34-49) (50-68) (69 and folder)  | U.S born  | 47  | 27  | 14  | 3  | Fore ign born  | 26  | 24  | 37  | Source: Pew Research Centeranalysis of2014 American Community Survey/IPUMS).  | "The Nation s Latino Population Is Defined lby Its Youth"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 