
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 2, 1990                   TAG: 9003023095
SECTION: MISCELLANEOUS                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

BABY BOOMERS NOW MIDDLE-AGE BOOMERS

The Baby Boom, the massive generation that overcrowded schools and colleges and flooded the job market, is becoming the Midlife Boom.

The number of Americans aged 35 to 44 increased by 9.5 million between 1980 and 1988, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.

The aging boomers boosted the 35-to-44 age group from 25.9 million in 1980 to 35.3 million in 1988, the report said.

The report summarizes a wide variety of population trends including:

The nation's black population was 30.3 million in 1989, up from 26.9 million in 1980. Blacks increased by 1.5 percent in 1988, nearly twice the white growth of 0.8 percent.

The fastest growing segment of the population was Asians and Pacific Islanders, up 70 percent in the 1980s. They increased from 3.8 million in 1980 to 6.5 million in 1988.

American Indians increased from 1.4 million to 1.7 million over the decade.

- Associated Press - Associated Press

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