For many people being able to live in a multigenerational household allows t hem to lessen the effects of  economic and personal hard times. Prior research has found that those who are economically vulnerable  –young adults, recent immigrants, Hispanics, and blacks –  experience lower poverty rates when they  reside in multigenerational households than those in other types of households. Using data from the  2009- 2011 3 -year American Community Survey, t he current project explores  how geographic racial  make -up, recent immigration, and poverty are associated with the prevalence of multigen erational  households. Further, this paper l ook s at variations by type of multigenerational household.  The results  show that there were 4.3 million multigenerational households, which account for 5.6  percent of  family  households in the United States.  Unmarried people, racial minorities (specifically Asians), and foreign  born householders had higher odds of living in a multigenerational household than non - multigenerational family household. The majority of multigenerational household included a  househol der, child, and grandchild.  Those younger than 35 years, Blacks, and married people are more  likely to live in this multigenerational household type.