Sunday, May 01, 2011

Baby Boom

Baby Boomers are generally defined as people born between 1946 and 1964.  This graph illustrates the Baby Boom:



As you can see, the Baby Boomer population more than doubled in a single year, from 1946 to 1947, and increased more than fivefold from 1946 to 1950.

5 comments:

  1. Is this a coded message?

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  2. Ah. I thought this was a subtle way to announce an addition to the family.

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  3. Yes, it's many decades overdue, but I'm delighted to announce the births of my parents.

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  4. Yes, but did you also know that 2/3 of the Baby Boom were born in the younger HALF of the boom?
    I call us Twifties, the fun people over 50.
    Join us!
    Lauren Teton
    Twifties.TV

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