Loneliness among older U.S. adults before vs during the COVID-19 pandemic, June 2020
In June 2020, more than half of U.S. adults aged 50-80 years felt isolated from others due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In comparison, 27 percent of older adults felt so before the pandemic in October 2018.
This statistic portrays the percentage of older adults in the U.S. who reported feeling lonely or isolated before and during the COVID-19 pandemic as of June 2020.