The U.S. has added fewer new households in 2010 than at any other time within the last 30 years, according to recent Census Bureau estimates. The increase of 357,000 households represents only 0.3 percent compared with an average of 1.2 percent. Numbers have been declining since 2008.
However, the U.S. population has grown by 0.9 percent between 2008 and 2009.
A number of factors contribute to this decline including younger generations struggling in the job market and live with their parents; older generations, including many Hispanics, who live with their children or grandchildren for both cultural and financial reasons; and the increased numbers of unwed couples living together.
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