By Dino Flammia May 29, 2017 10:00 PM
It’s no secret that young adults today are experiencing milestones — purchasing a home, getting married, having a child — later in life compared to previous generations.
But a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau digs even deeper and finds a statistic that’s hard to ignore: A quarter of 25-to-34-year-olds still living at home are considered “idle” — meaning they have no job or schooling to attend.
More than 2 million older millennials fall in this category nationwide, according to the report. The majority are men and most are aged 25 to 29. About half are white.
“In 2005, the majority of young adults lived independently in their own household, which was the predominant living arrangement in 35 states. A decade later, by 2015, the number of states where the majority of young people lived independently fell to just six,” the report said.
In New Jersey, most young people are not living independently.
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