According to the most recent data published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 45 million Americans wear contact lenses — including 3.6 million adolescents ages 12 to 17 years (14.5 percent of adolescents), 7.5 million young adults ages 18 to 24 years (24.4 percent of this age group), and 33.9 million adults age 25 and older (15.5 percent of this age group).
Stated another way, an estimated one in seven adolescents and one in six adults in the United States wear contact lenses.