Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Single-Person Households by Race and Hispanic Origin, 2015

People who live alone head a substantial 28 percent of households in the United States. The figure varies by race and Hispanic origin. More than one in three Black households are headed by people who live alone compared with only 17 percent of Hispanic households...

Single-person households as a share of total households in 2015
17.2% of Hispanic households
18.4% of Asian households
29.5% of non-Hispanic White households
34.8% of Black households

Source: Census Bureau, America's Families and Living Arrangements

1 comment:

JobLine said...

It would help if we had age based figures too. That would help with home size and bedroom needs. Single parents need the same size home as married parents, but single seniors with no kids living at home may need much less space.