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Share of adults 18 to 34 living alone: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of adults 18 to 34 living alone (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Living arrangements of young adults aged 18 to 34 by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-11

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National value: 9.9 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 31.7 %
RI 7.9 %
DE 8.6 %
CT 8.3 %
NJ 6.7 %
MD 9.3 %
MA 9 %
VT 11.6 %
NH 7.9 %

Lowest: 6 to 8.8 %
Group 2: 8.8 to 9.9 %
Group 3: 9.9 to 10.5 %
Group 4: 10.5 to 11.6 %
Highest: 11.6 to 31.7 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	District of Columbia	31.7
2	North Dakota	19.4
3	South Dakota	14.7
4	Iowa	13.8
5	Nebraska	12.9
6	Colorado	12.6
6	Wisconsin	12.6
8	Illinois	11.9
9	Minnesota	11.8
9	Wyoming	11.8
11	Pennsylvania	11.6
11	Vermont	11.6
13	Missouri	11.5
14	Ohio	11.3
15	Indiana	11
15	Kansas	11
15	Washington	11
18	North Carolina	10.9
19	Tennessee	10.7
20	Alaska	10.5
20	Oklahoma	10.5
22	Montana	10.4
23	New York	10.3
23	Virginia	10.3
25	Louisiana	10.2
25	Texas	10.2
27	West Virginia	10.1
28	Michigan	10
29	Arizona	9.9
29	Arkansas	9.9
29	Oregon	9.9
32	Alabama	9.8
32	Kentucky	9.8
32	South Carolina	9.8
35	Georgia	9.6
36	Maryland	9.3
37	Maine	9.1
37	New Mexico	9.1
39	Massachusetts	9
40	Mississippi	8.9
41	Florida	8.8
42	Delaware	8.6
42	Nevada	8.6
44	Connecticut	8.3
45	New Hampshire	7.9
45	Rhode Island	7.9
47	Idaho	7.4
48	California	6.8
49	New Jersey	6.7
50	Utah	6.4
51	Hawaii	6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B09021: Living arrangements of adults 18 years and over by age. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of adults 18 to 34 living alone (%, derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B09021: Living arrangements of adults 18 years and over by age; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-adults-18-to-34-living-alone/

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