The bar chart illustrates the proportion of citizens who tend to live alone across five different groups of age in the United States from 1850 to 2000.
Overview, there was an increase in percentage of population in every age with the elderly prefer to live alone while the young have less tendency from 1850 to 2000.
In 1850, the number of dwellers in three groups of age was extremely minimal and fairly similar which accounted for about 2 to 3 percent. The age between 55 and 64 had a higher figure than the others, over 3 percent. By 1900, there was an appearance of people between 27 and 36 being under 3 percent and having the lowest figure.The age from 37 to 46 remained unchanged while people from 47 to 54 and 55 to 64 had an insignificant shift about 1 percent.
By 1950 the general percentage had climbed slightly with the older cohort showing a greater tendency to live alone, nearly 9 percent while the others, including the young individuals, still being under 4 percent. In 2000, there was a dramatic alternative in five distinct age categories. The proportion of old inhabitants grew markedly, nearly 17 percent, which had the highest figure in the chart. The twilight age rose significantly to 13 percent while the number of middle- age people reached 8 and 7 percent. The percentage of youngsters surged to about 5 percent.