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Number Of Young Adults Living With Their Parents Highest On Record

Tim Pearce
Number Of Young Adults Living With Their Parents Highest On Record
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The share of young adults ages 18-29 living with their parents is at its highest level ever recorded, beating the previous record set in 1940 at the end of the Great Depression.

Pew Research measured the share of young people living with at least one parent in the household at 52% in July. The first time the stat included a majority of young Americans was several months prior in April when 51% said they were living with a parent.

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