https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/07/747072351/bringing-together-young-and-old-to-ease-the-isolation-of-rural-life

About 7% of the rural population in the U.S.—or 2.5 million people—say they have no friends or family nearby on whom they can rely, according to a recent poll by NPR, Harvard, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. An additional 39%—about 14 million people—say they have only a few people who fit this description.