Breaking Down Data On Solo Households

Among the big demographic shifts of the past half-century has been the rise of the one-person household. Within living memory, it was relatively rare for people to live alone. Now, it’s not. But there’s considerable variation by ethnicity in the incidence of solo households, according to a report from the Census Bureau that analyzes data for 2005. Among non-Hispanic whites, 28 percent of households consist of a person living alone. The figure for blacks is a bit higher, at 31 percent.