How many single people in us

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In ways both large and small
American society still assumes that the default adult has a partner and that the default household contains multiple people. If you were to look under the roofs of American homes at random
it wouldn’t take long to find someone who lives alone. By the Census Bureau’s latest count
there are about 36 million solo dwellers
and together they make up 28 percent of U.S.

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households. Even though this percentage has been climbing steadily for decades
these people are still living in a society that is tilted against them. In the domains of work
housing
shopping
and health care
much of American life is a little—and in some cases
a lot—easier if you have a partner or live with family members or housemates. The number of people who are inconvenienced by that fact grows every year. Those who live alone
to be clear
are not lonely and miserable. Research indicates that
young or old
single people are more social than their partnered peers. Bella DePaulo
the author of How We Live Now: Redefining Home and Family in the 21st Century
reeled off to me some of the pleasures of having your own space: “the privacy
the freedom to arrange your life and your space just the way you want it—you get to decide when to sleep
when to get up
what you eat
when you eat
what you watch on Netflix
how you set the thermostat.” The difficulties of living alone tend to lie more on a societal level
outside the realm of personal decision making. For one thing
having a partner makes big and small expenditures much more affordable
whether it’s a down payment on a house
rent
day care
utility bills
or other overhead costs of daily life. One recent study estimated that
for a couple
living separately is about 28 percent more expensive than living together. These efficiencies are an inherent feature of sharing costs with other people
but the barriers to living alone
for those who want to
would be much lower if housing (and health care
and education) weren’t so expensive. Moreover
the types of housing that are most commonly available for one person typically privilege privacy over togetherness
but the two don’t need to be mutually exclusive. DePaulo has studied communities where single residents have their own spaces
but also plentiful shared areas with “the possibility of running into other people.” If you need to
say
move heavy furniture or get a ride somewhere in an emergency
your neighbors are easy to reach. More such options would make solo life easier. Many who live by themselves are effectively penalized at work too. “Lots of people I interviewed complained that their managers presumed they had extra time to stay at the office or take on extra projects because they don’t have family at home
” Eric Klinenberg
the author of the 2012 book Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone and a sociologist at NYU
told me.













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