This image shows the statistics of the ages in 1970 and 1985. In 1970 the majority of the ages ranged from 0-25. In 1985 the majority of the ages ranged from 15-40. It varied depending on gender, but for the most part it seemed to be the same. It also shows there was a major boom during 1950's with people being born it started decreasing by the late 1960's.http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/B/BabyBoom75.gif
The term "Baby Boom" is used to identify a massive increase in births following World War II. Baby boomers are those people born worldwide between 1946 and 1964, the time frame most commonly used to define them. There are about 76 million boomers in the U.S., representing about 29 percent of the population.
This time period is known as the post-war bulge in population.
Growing up amist of the Baby Boomers they protested unfair practices by corparions and
governments.
Accelerating change. The 1960s was the decade that defined the boomers. The music, events, and social changes left a permanent imprint. Boomers born between '46 and '51 were young teenagers. Those individuals born during the peak boomer years, '52 to '57, were in their formative years during the Sixties. The televised pseudo-realities of Lassie, Leave It to Beaver, and the Nelson Family, portrayed innocence lost, then were replaced by the sad realities of the Cold War and the civil rights struggle, all to a rock 'n roll beat. So many changes occurred in the Sixties that an individual's age during the decade greatly affected how he or she turned out. The year 1961 was a great deal different from 1969.
Many people were born during this time, it was a big boost for the economy. As the boomers get older people are wondering if there will be enough social security for them later on in life. There were many toys that came out during this time. Some included: Barbie, Army Men, Slinky, and many others.
There have been many people born at one period of time. These periods of time range in big difference. Some people say that it could happen again this day in age. You never know it may or may not happen. How could we be sure that it would or wouldn't happen?
The main cause of this big growth in population was because of after the war. People started returning home and because of that, of course came some kids. In 2006, the oldest Baby Boomers are turning 60 years old, including the first two Baby Boomer presidents, Presidents William J. Clinton and George W. Bush, both born in the first year of the Baby Boom, 1946.
In the 1930s to early 1940s, new births in the United States averaged around 2.3 to 2.8 million each year. In 1945, the number was 2.8 million births; it marked the beginning of the Baby Boom. In 1946, the first year of the Baby Boom, new births in the U.S. skyrocketed to 3.47 million births!
New births continued to grow throughout the 1940s and 1950s, leading to a peak in the late 1950s with 4.3 million births in 1957 and 1961. (There was a dip to 4.2 million births in 1958) By the mid-sixties, the birth rate began to slowly fall. In 1964 (the final year of the Baby Boom), 4 million babies were born in the U.S. and in 1965, there was a significant drop to 3.76 million births. From 1965 on, there was a plunge in the number of births to a low of 3.14 million births in 1973, lower than any year’s births since 1945!
As you can see there have been many born during this period of time and they are proud to be called or known as "Baby Boomers". There has only been one of them and they want to keep it that way.
Q/A's
1. What was the starting year of the baby boom generation?
A: 1946
2. What was the ending year of the baby boom generation?
A: Around the late 1960's
3. Did this impact history later om?
A: In some ways it did, but it the majority of ways it didn't because it was just babies being born.
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