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About 28% (12.5 million) of all non-institutionalized older persons in 2014 lived alone (8.8 million women,
3.8 million men). They represented 35% of older women and 19% of older men. The proportion living alone
increases with advanced age. Among women aged 75 and over, for example, almost half (46%) lived alone. https://aoa.acl.gov/aging_statistics/profile/2014/docs/2014-profile.pdf
About 28% (12.5 million) of all non-institutionalized older persons in 2014 lived alone (8.8 million women,
3.8 million men). They represented 35% of older women and 19% of older men. The proportion living alone
increases with advanced age. Among women aged 75 and over, for example, almost half (46%) lived alone.
https://aoa.acl.gov/aging_statistics/profile/2014/docs/2014-profile.pdf