52%
Percentage of young adults ages 18 to 29 in the United States living with one or both parents in July 2020, up from 47% in February 2020. Among those ages 18 to 24, 71% lived with their parents in July 2020, up from 63% in February 2020. Before 2020, the highest measured value was in 1940 at the end of the Great Depression, when 48% of young adults lived with their parents.
9%
Percentage of young adults ages 18 to 29 who said they had relocated from their former residence temporarily or permanently because of the COVID-19 pandemic. That number is higher than the share in any other age group, according to Pew.
25%
Percentage of young adults ages 16 to 24 who lost their jobs between February 2020 and May 2020. The share of young people in this age group who were neither enrolled in school nor employed rose from 11% in February to 28% in June as a result of the pandemic and consequent economic downturn.
3%–7%
Change in percentage (depending on ethnic group) of young people living at home in 2020. In July 2020, 49% of White young adults, 58% of Hispanic young adults, 55% of Black young adults, and 51% of Asian young adults were living with their parents. That compares with February 2020, when 42% of White young adults, 55% of Hispanic young adults, 50% of Black young adults, and 46% of Asian young adults were living with their parents.
