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Children living in a grandparent's home: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of children living in a grandparent's home (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Children's living arrangements by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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2026-11-09
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National value: 8.2 (United States).

Washington: 6Idaho: 5.4Montana: 8.2North Dakota: 5.6Minnesota: 4Michigan: 7.1Ohio: 7.1Pennsylvania: 7.3New York: 7.4Vermont: 6New Hampshire: 8.8Maine: 8.1Arizona: 9.9California: 9.6New Mexico: 13.2Texas: 9Louisiana: 10.4Mississippi: 14.6Alabama: 11.4Florida: 8.7Georgia: 10.8South Carolina: 10.6North Carolina: 8.1Virginia: 7District of Columbia: 5.2Maryland: 8.3Delaware: 12.7New Jersey: 7Connecticut: 5.9Rhode Island: 7.1Massachusetts: 6.6Oregon: 5.9Utah: 6.2Wyoming: 5.8Nevada: 9.1Colorado: 6.1South Dakota: 6.9Nebraska: 4.9Kansas: 6.3Oklahoma: 8.4Iowa: 3.7Missouri: 7.2Wisconsin: 5.1Illinois: 7.3Kentucky: 8.7Arkansas: 8.9Tennessee: 8.4West Virginia: 8.3Indiana: 7.7Alaska: 9.2Hawaii: 17.1

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 3.7 to 6 %
  • Group 2: 6 to 7.1 %
  • Group 3: 7.1 to 8.3 %
  • Group 4: 8.3 to 9.2 %
  • Highest: 9.2 to 17.1 %
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.

1Hawaii17.1
2Mississippi14.6
3New Mexico13.2
4Delaware12.7
5Alabama11.4
6Georgia10.8
7South Carolina10.6
8Louisiana10.4
9Arizona9.9
10California9.6
11Alaska9.2
12Nevada9.1
13Texas9
14Arkansas8.9
15New Hampshire8.8
16Florida8.7
16Kentucky8.7
18Oklahoma8.4
18Tennessee8.4
20Maryland8.3
20West Virginia8.3
22Montana8.2
23Maine8.1
23North Carolina8.1
25Indiana7.7
26New York7.4
27Illinois7.3
27Pennsylvania7.3
29Missouri7.2
30Michigan7.1
30Ohio7.1
30Rhode Island7.1
33New Jersey7
33Virginia7
35South Dakota6.9
36Massachusetts6.6
37Kansas6.3
38Utah6.2
39Colorado6.1
40Vermont6
40Washington6
42Connecticut5.9
42Oregon5.9
44Wyoming5.8
45North Dakota5.6
46Idaho5.4
47District of Columbia5.2
48Wisconsin5.1
49Nebraska4.9
50Minnesota4
51Iowa3.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S0901: Children Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of children living in a grandparent's home (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S0901; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-children-living-in-a-grandparents-home/

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