TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – While Florida is known as a haven for retirees and transplants from other states, one city is breaking from the trend.
According to 24/7 Wall St., Tallahassee is the “loneliest” city in the Sunshine State, as well as one of the most lonely nationwide.
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“To find the loneliest city in every state, 24/7 Wall St. used Census Bureau data, ranking 384 metro areas by the share of nonfamily households living alone out of all households,” the report reads. “We added the share of people living alone as a percentage of the civilian, noninstitutionalized 16+ population. All data, including monthly gross rent and bachelor’s attainment rate, came from the 2022 American Community Survey either one-year or five-year estimates. For some metro areas that span several states, we considered the main state, though the statistics are for the metro.”
To find the loneliest city in every state, 24/7 Wall St. used Census Bureau data, ranking 384 metro areas by the share of nonfamily households living alone out of all households. We added the share of people living alone as a percentage of the civilian, noninstitutionalized 16+ population. All data, including monthly gross rent and bachelor’s attainment rate, came from the 2022 American Community Survey either one-year or five-year estimates. For some metro areas that span several states, we considered the main state, though the statistics are for the metro.
24/7 Wall St.
The latest data in 2022 shows that over one-third of the city was made up of one-person households, with over 16% of adults in the area living alone.
Of those one-person households, over 30% involved someone 65 years old or older.
Nationally, Tallahassee ranked as the 44th loneliest city — though the top spot goes to Washington, D.C.
In all, the loneliest cities in the country were ranked as follows:
| Rank | City | State | Share of 1-person households (2022) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington, D.C. | DC | 48.6% |
| 2 | Danville | IL | 39.7% |
| 3 | Elmira | NY | 38.3% |
| 4 | Grand Forks | ND/MN | 38.2% |
| 5 | Mansfield | OH | 37.3% |
| 6 | Texarkana | TX/AR | 36.9% |
| 7 | Decatur | IL | 36.8% |
| 8 | Champaign-Urbana | IL | 36.1% |
| 9 | Santa Fe | NM | 35.9% |
| 10 | Cleveland-Elyria | OH | 35.7% |
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