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Living Alone in America

A new report from the US Census Bureau says the number of Americans living alone now stands at 27 percent of the population. That’s a dramatic increase from the 70’s, when the figure was only 17 percent. Living alone used to have a negative connotation, but that image is rapidly eroding.

By Judy Muller • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

A new report from the US Census Bureau says the number of Americans living alone now stands at 27 percent of the population. That’s a dramatic increase from the 70’s, when the figure was only 17 percent. Living alone used to have a negative connotation, but that image is rapidly eroding.

Judy Muller
University of Southern California
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Jonathan Vespa
US Census Bureau
Michael Rosenfeld
Stanford University
Bella DePaulo
University of California, Santa Barbara

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Living Alone in America

A new report from the US Census Bureau says the number of Americans living alone now stands at 27 percent of the population. That’s a dramatic increase from the 70’s, when the figure was only 17 percent. Living alone used to have a negative connotation, but that image is rapidly eroding.

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Living Alone in America

A new report from the US Census Bureau says the number of Americans living alone now stands at 27 percent of the population. That’s a dramatic increase from the 70’s, when the figure was only 17 percent. Living alone used to have a negative connotation, but that image is rapidly eroding.

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