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United States Stats (General):
- The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that there are about 42.7 million pre-teens and teens (aged 10- 19) in the U.S. with a general population of approximately 309 million (2010). Of this total U.S. population, 6.7% are between the ages of 10 to 14 and 7.1% are between the ages of 15 to 19.
- Of those aged 10-19 in the U.S in 2010, 14,4% were male and 13.2% were female.
- Generation Y, also known as "Millennials" (those born between 1980 and 2000, or aged 18-29) comprises about 80 million, or close to 25% of the total U.S population.
- Of these,
- 61% were White
- 14% were Black
- 19% were Hispanic
- 5% were Asian (As of December 2009) Source
Education:
- As of reporting in 2010, some 1 out of every 5 millennials are college graduates.
- "Younger whites are about twice as likely as blacks or Hispanics to have finished college (22% vs. 10% for both blacks and Latinos). But blacks are significantly more likely than whites or Hispanics to say they want to earn a college diploma." Source
Online Habits:
- Today's teenagers spend:
- 12.9 hours per week talking on a cell phone
- 11.6 hours per week on the Internet
- 9.8 hours per week watching television
- 8.9 hours per week doing homework (source)
- 93% of teens ages 12-17 go online.
- 93% of young adults ages 18-29 go online.
- As of January 2010, 75% of Millennials had created a profile on a social networking site.
- 1 out of every 5 had posted a video of themselves online.
- According to YouTube, over half of their users were under 20 years old in 2010. Source
Miscellaneous Information:
- Overall, suicide is the eleventh leading cause of death for all Americans, and is the third leading cause of death for young people aged 15-24. (source)
- Traffic crashes are the number one killer of teens, four times that of people age 30 to 69, and over one-third of teen traffic deaths are alcohol-related. (NHTSA, 2004)
- For all families, the poverty rate decreased from 10.2 percent in 2006to 9.8 percent in 2006. The number in poverty decreased, from 7.6 million to 7.3 million. (source)
- In 2007, 5,764 young people ages 10 to 24 were murdered-an average of 16 each day. Of these victims, 84% were killed with firearms. 86% (4,973) of homicide victims were male and 14% (791) were female. Homicide was the 2nd leading cause of death for young people ages 10 20 24.(source).
- Three in ten teens (30%) say online bullying is now a bigger problem than bullying in the hallways and bathrooms. 16% of students say they have been a victim of online bullying. (source)
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Global Stats
232 million young adults worldwide-almost as many people as there are in the US-do not have access even to a minimal secondary education. (source: Human Development Report 2000; world estimated population is 6, 729,242,218 (census.gov).
Number of children in the world: nearly 2 billion
Number in poverty: 1 billion (every second child)
For the 1.9 billion children from the developing world, there are:
640 million without adequate shelter (1 in 3)
400 million with no access to safe water (1 in 5)
270 million with no access to health services (1 in 7)
121 million children out of education worldwide
Education- The number of children of primary-school age not attending school feel from approx. 115 million in 2002 to approx. 101 million in 2007. Globally, more than 88% of primary-school aged children attend school, or 66 percent in less developed countries (source).
The Majority of new adult HIV infections is among 15-24 year olds. (source)
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