---
title: "Millennials: Only a Third Head Their Own Households"
description: "This refers to a post on FactTank about census data indicating that the rate of household formation among young adults (ages 18 to 32) is not growing, as of March 2013."
date: "2013-10-18"
authors:
  - name: "D’Vera Cohn"
    job_title: "Former Senior Writer/Editor"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/dvera-cohn/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2013/10/18/millennials-only-a-third-head-their-own-households/"
categories:
  - "Age & Generations"
  - "Household Structure & Family Roles"
---

# Millennials: Only a Third Head Their Own Households

Though the nation is officially four years into economic recovery, a new Pew Research Center analysis of recently released Census data suggests that most Millennials (adults ages 18 to 32) are still not setting out on their own. As of March 2013, only about one-in-three Millennials (34%) headed up their own household. This rate is unchanged from March 2012 and even lower than the level observed in the depths of the Great Recession. [Read more at FactTank.](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2013/10/18/millennials-still-lag-in-forming-their-own-households/)