Growing number of American adults now live alone, Census survey finds
adults aged 18 and over lived alone in early 2021, more than double the 13% recorded in 1960.
It is estimated that there are now 37 million one-person households in the United States, a 1% increase in the portion of the overall population from the 33 million adults who reported living alone a decade ago.
Over the past decade, the share of adults living with a spouse decreased from 52% to 50%, while the share of adults living with an unmarried partner rose from 7% to 8%.families lived with their children in 2021, compared to 44% in 2011 and 48% in 2001.
In 2021, 58% of adults aged 18 to 24 lived in their parental home, compared to 17% of adults aged 25 to 34