Faced with the choice of burial or cremation, Americans increasingly are choosing cremation. Cremations have tripled since 1985. By 2013, 45 percent of deaths in the United States ended in cremation, ...

Cremation’s rise to 61.9% in 2024, driven by affordability and cultural shifts, has surpassed burials, reshaping the funeral economy with projections of 82% market share by 2045. Lower-cost cremation ...