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  1. Today, there are about 64.5 million Gen Xers in the US, <\/strong>per US Census Bureau records analyzed by Pew Research.<\/li>
  2. Gen Xers make up <\/strong>nearly a fifth of the US population.<\/a><\/li>
  3. They're well their middle years, <\/strong>aged mid 40s to late 50s.<\/li>
  4. They're better educated<\/a> than older generations, a<\/strong>nd the first generation with more college-educated women<\/a> than men.<\/li>
  5. 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