20th-Century U.S. Generations

This Population Bulletin highlights contrasting American generations of the 20th century, showing how each one influenced and reacted to the social and economic landscape over which we all must travel.

This Population Bulletin discusses the basic forces of demographic change--fertility, mortality, and migration--and how they can be tracked. Also covered are how population projections are calculated; common demographic variables; and issues and problems associated with population growth.

The growth of the African American, Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian populations is profoundly changing the racial and ethnic makeup of the country's schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods, and it is creating a new multiracial and multicultural heritage in the United States.