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Young Adults Living at Home, 1960–2005

Discover how many young adults, that is the population between the ages of 18 and 24 and those between 25-34, live at home today and in the past. Unmarried college students living in dorms are included in these figures. Men and women are differentiated in the statistics.

	Male			Female
	Total population, 18–24 years old	Number living at home	Percent	Total population, 18–24 years old	Number living at home	Percent
1960	6,842,000	3,583,000	52%	7,876,000	2,750,000	35%
1970	10,398,000	5,641,000	54	11,959,000	4,941,000	41
1980	14,278,000	7,755,000	54	14,844,000	6,336,000	43
1985	13,695,000	8,172,000	60	14,149,000	6,758,000	48
1990	12,450,000	7,232,000	58	12,860,000	6,135,000	48
1995	12,545,000	7,328,000	58	12,613,000	5,896,000	47
1998	12,633,000	7,399,000	59	12,568,000	5,974,000	48
1999	12,936,000	7,440,000	58	13,031,000	6,389,000	49
2000	13,291,000	7,593,000	57	13,242,000	6,232,000	47
2001¹	13,412,000	7,385,000	55	13,361,000	6,068,000	45
2002¹	13,696,000	7,575,000	55	13,602,000	6,252,000	46
2003¹	13,811,000	7,569,000	55	13,592,000	6,215,000	46
2004¹	14,165,000	8,010,000	57	13,611,000	6,327,000	47
2005¹	14,060,000	7,448,000	53	13,933,000	6,413,000	46

	Male			Female
	Total population, 25–34 years old	Number living at home	Percent	Total population, 25–34 years old	Number living at home	Percent
1960	10,896,000	1,185,000	11%	11,587,000	853,000	7%
1970	11,929,000	1,129,000	10	12,637,000	829,000	7
1980	18,107,000	1,894,000	11	18,689,000	1,300,000	7
1985	20,184,000	2,685,000	13	20,673,000	1,661,000	8
1990	21,462,000	3,213,000	15	21,779,000	1,774,000	8
1995	20,589,000	3,166,000	15	20,800,000	1,759,000	8
1998	19,526,000	2,845,000	15	19,828,000	1,680,000	8
1999	18,924,000	2,636,000	14	19,551,000	1,690,000	9
2000	18,563,000	2,387,000	13	19,222,000	1,602,000	8
2001¹	19,308,000	2,520,000	13	19,527,000	1,583,000	8
2002¹	19,220,000	2,610,000	14	19,428,000	1,618,000	8
2003¹	19,543,000	2,631,000	14	19,659,000	1,375,000	7
2004¹	19,553,000	2,720,000	14	19,587,000	1,559,000	8
2005¹	19,656,000	2,660,000	14	19,632,000	1,597,000	8

NOTE: Unmarried college students living in dorms are counted as living at home.

1. Data for March 2001 and later use population controls based on Census 2000 and an expanded sample of households designed to improve state estimates of children with health insurance.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Sept. 21, 2006.

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