What is Generation Z?
{{cleanup|date=December 2024}}{{Generations sidebar}} [[File:Generation Z kids on Electric Scooter (48263543577).jpg|thumb|Electric kick scooters and smartphones are particularly associated with Generation Z<ref>{{cite web |title=How Gen Z Impacts Urban Mobility |url=https://meetingoftheminds.org/how-gen-z-impacts-urban-mobility-32197 |website=Meeting of the Minds |date=14 October 2019}}</ref>]] '''Generation Z''', also known as '''Gen Z''' for short, or '''Zoomers''', is the [[generation]] after [[Millennials]] and before [[Generation Alpha]]. Generation Z is most frequently defined as those born from 1997 to 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/17/where-millennials-end-and-generation-z-begins/|title=Defining generations: Where Millennials end and Generation Z begins|last=Dimock|first=Michael|date=January 17, 2019|website=Pew Research Center|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref> ==Definition== The [[Library of Congress]] and [[Statistics Canada]] define Generation Z as those born from 1997 to 2012, both citing [[Pew Research Center]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burclaff |first1=Natalie |title=Research Guides: Doing Consumer Research: A Resource Guide: Generations |url=https://guides.loc.gov/consumer-research/market-segments/generations |website=guides.loc.gov |access-date=21 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Government of Canada |first1=Statistics Canada |title=A generational portrait of Canada’s aging population from the 2021 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/98-200-X/2021003/98-200-X2021003-eng.cfm |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |accessdate=18 July 2022 |date=27 April 2022}}</ref> In a 2022 report, the [[U.S. Census]] designates Generation Z as those born 1997 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bureau |first1=US Census |title=2019 Data Show Baby Boomers Nearly 9 Times Wealthier Than Millennials |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/08/wealth-inequality-by-household-type.html |website=Census.gov |accessdate=18 Feb