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Women among grandparents raising grandchildren: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Women's share of 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.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 64.5 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 73.6 %
RI 71.6 %
DE 58.4 %
CT 65.9 %
NJ 61 %
MD 69.1 %
MA 66.4 %
VT 62.9 %
NH 66.4 %

Lowest: 55.7 to 60.2 %
Group 2: 60.2 to 62.8 %
Group 3: 62.8 to 64.6 %
Group 4: 64.6 to 66.4 %
Highest: 66.4 to 73.6 %

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.


1	District of Columbia	73.6
2	Rhode Island	71.6
3	South Dakota	70.7
4	Maryland	69.1
4	New York	69.1
6	Arkansas	68.4
7	Louisiana	67.6
8	Georgia	67.5
9	Mississippi	67.4
10	Massachusetts	66.4
10	New Hampshire	66.4
12	South Carolina	66.2
13	Florida	66
14	Alabama	65.9
14	Connecticut	65.9
16	Wisconsin	65.8
17	Washington	65.2
18	New Mexico	65.1
19	Ohio	64.8
20	Pennsylvania	64.7
21	Texas	64.6
22	Illinois	64.5
22	Indiana	64.5
24	Kentucky	64.4
25	Michigan	64.2
26	Nevada	64.1
27	North Carolina	64
28	California	63.8
29	Nebraska	63.5
30	Vermont	62.9
31	Kansas	62.8
32	Tennessee	62.6
33	Arizona	62.5
33	Iowa	62.5
35	Colorado	62.4
36	Oklahoma	61.9
37	Virginia	61.5
38	Maine	61.4
39	New Jersey	61
39	West Virginia	61
41	Minnesota	60.2
42	Missouri	59.7
43	Hawaii	59.2
44	Montana	59
45	Delaware	58.4
46	Alaska	58.2
46	Idaho	58.2
48	North Dakota	57.7
49	Wyoming	57.6
50	Oregon	57.2
51	Utah	55.7

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 women's share of 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-women/

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