{"id":68526,"date":"2025-12-02T21:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/68526\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T21:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:05:09","slug":"those-looking-to-spend-christmas-with-friends-and-family-fare-well-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/68526\/","title":{"rendered":"Those looking to spend Christmas with friends and family fare well in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida is one of the top states where residents are able to spend Christmas surrounded by familiar folks.<\/p>\n

Manhattan Mental Health Counseling<\/a>, a psychological wellness firm, reviewed U.S. Census<\/a> data to determine which states have the greatest number of people living alone and would likely spend Christmas by themselves.<\/p>\n

Florida was ranked 42nd in the country in terms of solo living, with just 13.91% of the Sunshine State\u2019s population living alone.\u00a0The wellness firm concluded that Floridians are less likely to be lonely on Christmas than most other states.<\/p>\n

Florida\u2019s neighbor Georgia was ranked 41st, with only 13.93% of its population living by themselves. Texas was the only other Southern with a smaller share of people living alone than Florida, coming in 45th, at 13.09%.<\/p>\n

Steven Buchwald, Managing Director at Manhattan Mental Health Counseling, noted that living alone isn\u2019t automatically a negative.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPlenty of people choose a quiet Christmas because it aligns with their lifestyle. Some enjoy independence, others use the time to rest, and many people simply don\u2019t have family nearby due to work moves or long-distance relationships. For these individuals, a solo holiday can actually feel peaceful rather than isolating.\u201d<\/p>\n

But spending Christmas alone can also present intense challenges, according to Buchwald, adding that any friends or family can provide an easy pick-me-up.<\/p>\n

\u201cHolidays tend to amplify what people feel the rest of the year. Someone who is already dealing with isolation or grief may feel it more intensely in December,\u201d Buchwald said. \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s important to reach out, even with something small, a call, a message, or an invite. Those gestures can make a meaningful difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

North Dakota had the highest share of its population living alone, at 20.28%, according to the mental health clinic. South Dakota was second, followed by Wisconsin in third. Great Plains or Midwestern states dominated most of the top 10.<\/p>\n

One exception was Louisiana, coming in sixth with 17.21% of its population living solo. The only other Southern state among the top 10 was Missouri at No. 10, with 16.85% of the population living alone.<\/p>\n

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Utah was ranked as the least lonely state, with a mere 9.72% of its population living by themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida is one of the top states where residents are able to spend Christmas surrounded by familiar folks.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[39912,1191,28,30,29,39913,5734,39914,12287,39915,5537,39916],"class_list":["post-68526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-42nd","tag-christmas","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-lonely","tag-louisiana","tag-manhattan-mental-health-counseling","tag-missouri","tag-steven-buchwald","tag-texas","tag-u-s-census"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}