Additional Info - Census Figures

Grandparent Caregivers in the United States
Source: Census 2000 Demographic Profile 2 (DP-2)


Grandparents Living
with Grandchild(ren)
Grandparents Responsible
for Grandchild(ren)'s Needs

United States 5,771,671   2,426,730  
Alabama 100,765   56,369  
Alaska 10,423   5,419  
Arizona 114,990   52,210  
Arkansas 57,895   33,618  
California 928,290   294,969  
Colorado 66,903   28,524  
Connecticut 55,489   18,898  
Delaware 16,689   7,204  
D.C. 16,842   8,183  
Florida 345,949   147,893  
Georgia 193,825   92,265  
Hawaii 49,237   14,029  
Idaho 17,447   8,110  
Illinois 258,038   103,717  
Indiana 96,169   48,181  
Iowa 28,201   13,073  
Kansas 35,274   17,873  
Kentucky 69,504   35,818  
Louisiana 122,240   67,058  
Maine 13,053   5,074  
Maryland 125,697   50,974  
Massachusetts 98,325   27,915  
Michigan 166,705   70,044  
Minnesota 45,217   17,682  
Mississippi 84,157   48,061  
Missouri 90,200   43,907  
Montana 11,098   6,053  
Nebraska 17,401   8,454  
Nevada 45,286   18,685  
New Hampshire 14,660   4,534  
New Jersey 185,771   58,789  
New Mexico 46,014   24,041  
New York 412,000   143,014  
North Carolina 160,576   79,810  
North Dakota   5,419  
Ohio 185,443   86,009  
Oklahoma 67,194   39,279  
Oregon 51,169   22,103  
Pennsylvania 204,909   80,423  
Rhode Island 16,957   5,060  
South Carolina 99,558   51,755  
South Dakota 8,019   4,632  
Tennessee 119,968   61,252  
Texas 551,047   257,074  
Utah 39,564   15,989  
Vermont 5,332   1,934  
Virginia 140,015   59,464  
Washington 84,592   35,341  
West Virginia 30,833   16,151  
Wisconsin 55,983   23,687  
Wyoming 6,113   3,582  





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