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US Census Bureau
Demographer at the US Census Bureau's Fertility and Family Statistics Branch
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Jonathan Vespa
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FROM Jonathan Vespa
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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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