Millennials are Minnesota’s largest generation by population and are the largest portion of the workforce. That’s according to the most recent state data from 2023 obtained by MPR News.

The generation ranges from age 29 at the youngest and in their early 40s at the oldest. They are an important part of our economy. But they’ve faced a lot of economic headwinds. The 2008 Great Recession and COVID-19. And now there is more economic uncertainty ahead.

Janna Johnson is an associate professor at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. She joined Minnesota Now to break down the importance of the millennial generation and what the possibility of another economic crisis could mean.