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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

The loneliest age group in America revealed

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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There was a new report that came out, and it says that Americans in their 40s, sometimes early 50s, are the loneliest age group in the United States.

0:46.8

People specifically between the age of 45 and 49 report the highest levels of loneliness, half saying they feel lonely in some form

0:58.7

or another.

1:00.3

You would think that this would be maybe the elderly, those with mobility issues that aren't

1:07.2

able to get around as much.

1:08.7

No, it is people who are potentially supposed to be in the prime of their life,

1:14.9

45 to 49 years old.

1:17.6

So, Casey, I think you could almost say those are the same people that suffer from depression.

1:23.2

And without getting too deep for our fun morning show here,

1:27.4

I have noticed a trend amongst

1:30.2

acquaintances of mine, and I've had a few, and when I say a few, five or six people I know

1:36.6

that are roughly in that age range of the late 40s through their 50s that have taken their own

1:43.5

lives.

1:48.8

And I can only suspect that they, A, feel lonely.

1:54.1

Oftentimes, these were people that were either divorced or had never really had a relationship.

1:58.2

And I think if you start looking at what have I accomplished in my life,

2:02.6

I haven't accomplished the sorts of things with my careers that I wanted to accomplish.

2:06.9

I've not had the connections that I wanted to have with other people.

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