Advisory Board October 3, 2024
Over 40% of Americans said they experienced feelings of loneliness at least sometimes, according to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau, with Alaska seeing the highest rates of loneliness and Iowa seeing the lowest.
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The data comes from the Census Bureau’s most recent Household Pulse Survey, an online survey designed to quickly assess Americans’ economic and financial well-being, among other things. The most recent survey was conducted between July 23 and Aug. 19 and had nearly 60,000 respondents.
Overall, 40.3% of Americans said they experienced feelings of loneliness at least sometimes. The survey found the five states with the highest rates of...