More American adults living alone, Census Bureau reports
37 million adults aged 18 and older lived alone in early 2021
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}More American adults are living alone, according to newly released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau's annual America's Families and Living Arrangement table package.
In a news release, the bureau said the percentage of adults living with a spouse decreased from 52% to 50% over the past decade.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Living alone became more common and 37 million adults age 18 and over lived alone in early 2021, up from 33 million in 2011.
In 1960, single-person households represented only 13% of all households.
The percentage of men and women ages 18 to 24 that lived alone – about 5% each – did not significantly differ, although some living arrangements differed by sex and age group.
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More women than men in this age group lived with a spouse and 12% of women lived with an unmarried partner compared with 7% of men.
"The percentage of men ages 18 to 24 living alone was not significantly different from the percentage of men who lived with a spouse," the bureau noted.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The percentage of adults living with an unmarried partner also increased, from 7% to 8%.
However, the number of families with their own children under age 18 in the household declined over the last two decades — down to 40% compared with 44% in 2011 and 48% in 2001.
The percentage of adults age 15 and over who had never been married was up 11% from 1950, at 34% in 2021 and 23% in 1950. The estimated median age in 2021 was 30.4 for men and 28.6 for women in early 2021, up from ages 23.7 and 20.5, respectively, in 1947.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Men and women ages 25 to 34 were more likely than their younger counterparts to live with a spouse or unmarried partner and one-third of men and 42% of women lived with a spouse in early 2021. About the same share of both men and women of these ages lived with an unmarried partner.
Lastly, more than 50% of adults ages 18 to 24 lived in their parental home, compared with 17% of adults ages 25 to 34.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The statistics are sourced from the 2021 Current Population Survey’s Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC), which the bureau pointed out collects labor force data as well as data on a variety of characteristics of households, living arrangements, married and unmarried couples and children.
The ASEC has been conducted for more than 60 years.