More than a quarter of Americans live alone and number is on the rise: census data

The number of couples who lived with children under age 18 decreased by about 6% from the decade before and single-person households accounted for nearly 28% of all US homes, according to the data.

The number of married couples who didn’t share their homes with kids also rose by 10.6% to 36 million households. Conversely, there were just 22 million households made up of parents and their children, the data shows.Getty Images

Among the “non-family household” types, the number of women living with roommates saw the biggest increase with a nearly 20% gain. The 2020 census also collected data on the different shares of opposite-sex partners and of same-sex partners for the first time.

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