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Grandparents responsible for grandchildren: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Grandparents responsible for grandchildren. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Grandparents raising grandchildren by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-11-04
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National value: 1,995,947 (United States).

Washington: 32,881Idaho: 8,606Montana: 7,032North Dakota: 5,135Minnesota: 16,510Michigan: 44,665Ohio: 72,804Pennsylvania: 75,104New York: 84,281Vermont: 2,488New Hampshire: 5,548Maine: 6,115Arizona: 51,524California: 198,715New Mexico: 20,623Texas: 238,711Louisiana: 41,999Mississippi: 37,581Alabama: 53,472Florida: 110,753Georgia: 88,086South Carolina: 51,137North Carolina: 70,000Virginia: 49,256District of Columbia: 1,581Maryland: 42,649Delaware: 7,811New Jersey: 38,799Connecticut: 13,320Rhode Island: 3,731Massachusetts: 27,179Oregon: 19,347Utah: 12,948Wyoming: 3,407Nevada: 20,049Colorado: 27,054South Dakota: 8,577Nebraska: 6,711Kansas: 20,669Oklahoma: 35,457Iowa: 12,959Missouri: 37,248Wisconsin: 20,102Illinois: 60,706Kentucky: 41,539Arkansas: 27,039Tennessee: 60,184West Virginia: 13,165Indiana: 43,661Alaska: 7,026Hawaii: 10,003

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 1,581 to 7,811
  • Group 2: 7,811 to 20,049
  • Group 3: 20,049 to 37,581
  • Group 4: 37,581 to 53,472
  • Highest: 53,472 to 238,711
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1Texas238,711
2California198,715
3Florida110,753
4Georgia88,086
5New York84,281
6Pennsylvania75,104
7Ohio72,804
8North Carolina70,000
9Illinois60,706
10Tennessee60,184
11Alabama53,472
12Arizona51,524
13South Carolina51,137
14Virginia49,256
15Michigan44,665
16Indiana43,661
17Maryland42,649
18Louisiana41,999
19Kentucky41,539
20New Jersey38,799
21Mississippi37,581
22Missouri37,248
23Oklahoma35,457
24Washington32,881
25Massachusetts27,179
26Colorado27,054
27Arkansas27,039
28Kansas20,669
29New Mexico20,623
30Wisconsin20,102
31Nevada20,049
32Oregon19,347
33Minnesota16,510
34Connecticut13,320
35West Virginia13,165
36Iowa12,959
37Utah12,948
38Hawaii10,003
39Idaho8,606
40South Dakota8,577
41Delaware7,811
42Montana7,032
43Alaska7,026
44Nebraska6,711
45Maine6,115
46New Hampshire5,548
47North Dakota5,135
48Rhode Island3,731
49Wyoming3,407
50Vermont2,488
51District of Columbia1,581

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP02: Selected Social Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by grandparents responsible for grandchildren (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP02; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-grandparents-responsible-for-grandchildren/

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