What percentage of people are part of each generation in each state?
August 14, 2018 1:57 PM   Subscribe

Based on the 2017 US Census Bureau Population Estimates, Overflow Data compiled this handy chart to answer the question above. You can sort the columns, and even break up each generation into smaller age ranges.

Once you ungroup any generation, you can regroup them by selecting the age ranges and click group (the little icon that looks like an paperclip), but you'll lose the labeling. You can group any age ranges together like this for more analysis. At the bottom of the graph you can also reset the graph and undo or redo. There's quite a few things you can do if you want to mess around with it.
posted by numaner (14 comments total) 12 users marked this as a favorite
 
I found this incredibly useful on many fronts. Thanks for the post
posted by Seekerofsplendor at 2:13 PM on August 14, 2018


Huh - looking forward to digging into this but my first-blush impression is that i was VERY surprised by the top millenial concentrations: DC is unsurprising but Alaska, Utah and North Dakota I didnt see coming.
posted by Exceptional_Hubris at 2:17 PM on August 14, 2018 [2 favorites]


on SLIGHTLY further review Utah's very pyramidal shaped age-demography makes a lot of sense to me now. . .
posted by Exceptional_Hubris at 2:18 PM on August 14, 2018 [3 favorites]


I think DC gets the millenial percentage bump because it's just a city. If you were to compare just big cities, New York City, San Francisco, and even Austin will probably beat it out for millenial percentage.
posted by numaner at 2:21 PM on August 14, 2018 [3 favorites]


I would guess North Dakota has a lot of young oil field workers and the like. The overall population is only three quarters of a million, so it wouldn't take that many thousands of roustabouts to make ND stand out.
posted by tavella at 2:21 PM on August 14, 2018 [1 favorite]


I didn't realize this until now but they include 35-39 in millenial and I feel so sorry for you all in that age range. So here's the graph with a new grouping I did with Generation Y (MY GENERATION!), which includes 30-39 age ranges, separate from millenials.

That one does show that North Dakota does have more millenials than Gen Y people, which still goes with the narrative of 20 somethings going out to oil field looking for work.
posted by numaner at 2:30 PM on August 14, 2018 [3 favorites]


I mean, I'm 37, but my sisters are all younger, so I've always felt pretty solidly like a Millenial. I don't need a special micro-generation to separate me From The Young Kids.

you olderbillie
posted by Made of Star Stuff at 3:40 PM on August 14, 2018 [3 favorites]


Alaska has a ton of military folks. Most are quite young.
posted by kerf at 4:06 PM on August 14, 2018


Generation Y and Millennials are the same generation. I, on the other hand, am very special, because XENNIAL, BABY!

But yeah, what's up with DC? Is it just because it's a city?
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 4:19 PM on August 14, 2018


millennials are people my age or younger that i don't like
posted by dismas at 4:29 PM on August 14, 2018 [6 favorites]


youths!
posted by numaner at 4:58 PM on August 14, 2018


Huh. According to their chart, the five people in my home are from five different generations.
posted by ErisLordFreedom at 5:10 PM on August 14, 2018


Finally an explanation for why DC is killing everything.
posted by q*ben at 6:42 AM on August 15, 2018


not fast enough
posted by numaner at 11:27 AM on August 15, 2018


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