This state has the most Gen Z and millennial kids still living at home — here’s why their parents are stuck with them

Some birds haven’t flown the coop.

Moving out on your own has long been considered a mark of adulthood, but in recent years, young adults are purposely delaying getting their own keys — especially in one state.

According to a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data, California parents are the unlucky ones, as they have the most 25 to 34-year-olds living at home with them.

The main reason young adults say they’re still at home? The economic climate. Figures.

Specifically, the study said Vallejo and Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura were the two California metropolitan areas with the highest number of Gen Z and millennials at home — each with 33%.

El Centro, California, (32%), Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas, (31%), Riverside- San Bernardino-Ontario, California, (30%) and Merced, California, (30%) followed down the list.

Rounding out the top ten were McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, Naples-Marco Island, Florida, Racine-Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, and Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Meanwhile, in Odessa, Texas, Lincoln, Nebraska, Ithaca, New York, and Bloomington, Indiana, only about 3% of young adults lived at home.

While the number of young adults living with their parents skyrocketed during the pandemic, it increased even before the lockdown.

Now, a few years later, from the looks of it — these adult kids aren’t going anywhere.

But who specifically of the two generations is living at home?

Throughout the country, young men are more likely to live at home (20% vs. 15%).

When accounting for race, White young adults are less likely than their Asian, Hispanic and Black peers to live in a parent’s home, according to the Pew Research Center.

For the most part, the 10 metro areas with the lowest shares of young adults living with their parents have a higher-than-average share of White young adults.

However, these trends aren’t always true.

According to Census data, the population of Vallejo is 32% White, 30% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 12% Black and 9% other.

Meanwhile, the population of Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura is 45% Hispanic, 41% White, 7% Asian, 2% Black and 5% other.