The Rise of Single People

Historical documentation of the remarkable increase in single people in the U.S.

Bella DePaulo
Fourth Wave
Published in
7 min readSep 19, 2021

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Census Bureau

The third week in September, September 19 through September 25 in 2021, is Unmarried and Single Americans Week. I just call it Singles Week. To celebrate, I’ve created a series of graphs, based on Census Bureau data, demonstrating the dramatic rise in single people over more than half a…

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Bella DePaulo
Fourth Wave

“America’s foremost thinker and writer on the single experience,” according to the Atlantic. SINGLE AT HEART book coming on Dec 5, 2023. www.belladepaulo.com