By 2016, what percent of the U.S. population resides in multigenerational family households?

While the core family of father, mother with their biological children is still the main unit in the United States, there is a growing share of the population that resides in multigenerational family households. By 2016, 20% of Americans or a record 64 million people, lived in a multigenerational household, up from 17% of the population in 2009 and up from 12% in 1980.

The definition used by the Pew Research Center of multigenerational households is-including two or more adult generations, or including grandparents and grandchildren younger than age 25.

This recent increase trend was reported by the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D. C. The Center provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world. It was established in 2004.

This trend is occurring among nearly all U.S. racial groups. Growing racial and ethnic diversity in the U.S. population helps explain some of the rise in multigenerational living. The Asian and Hispanic populations are growing more rapidly than the white population, and those groups are more likely than whites to live in multigenerational family households.

Another factor is that foreign-born Americans are more likely that those born in the U.S. to live with multigenerational households.