We still tend to have friends of the same race and gender, but younger people are bucking the trend

We’re in the midst of a loneliness epidemic, while the COVID pandemic wreaked havoc on our ability to socialize. Pew Research recently conducted a survey of over 5,000 adults in the United States about their friendships. Here are the key findings:

  • It’s about the small squad: 53% of adults say they have between one to four close friends; 38% say they have five or more; and 8% say they have none. There wasn’t much of a gender divide: 40% of men said they had five or more friends compared to 36% of women.
  • Bird of a feather: Two-thirds of adults say their close friends tend to be the same gender. This is particularly true for women: 71% say their close friends are the same gender compared to 61% of men.
  • Friends by race: On average, 63% of adults say all or most of their close friends are the same race. Seventy percent of white respondents said their friends were mostly the same race, compared to 62% of Black, 52% of Asian, and 47% of Hispanic respondents. Adults older than 50 were more likely to say their close friends were the same race—70% compared to 53% of adults under 30.
  • People with more friends are happier with their friends: 81% of people with five or more friends said they were satisfied with their friendship. This dropped to 65% for people with one to four close friends.
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