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Grandparents living with grandchildren: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Grandparents living with 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: 6,663,003 (United States).

Washington: 142,035Idaho: 34,575Montana: 18,265North Dakota: 7,708Minnesota: 64,746Michigan: 157,618Ohio: 190,615Pennsylvania: 209,976New York: 366,341Vermont: 7,671New Hampshire: 28,668Maine: 20,130Arizona: 159,079California: 1,016,048New Mexico: 53,719Texas: 736,922Louisiana: 90,130Mississippi: 79,969Alabama: 114,904Florida: 453,321Georgia: 262,279South Carolina: 115,077North Carolina: 201,584Virginia: 162,250District of Columbia: 5,443Maryland: 136,531Delaware: 26,082New Jersey: 187,530Connecticut: 54,885Rhode Island: 17,841Massachusetts: 120,961Oregon: 65,140Utah: 68,129Wyoming: 7,933Nevada: 82,402Colorado: 89,212South Dakota: 13,326Nebraska: 25,398Kansas: 49,550Oklahoma: 83,624Iowa: 33,776Missouri: 95,891Wisconsin: 61,937Illinois: 220,824Kentucky: 95,609Arkansas: 60,837Tennessee: 147,281West Virginia: 31,220Indiana: 125,231Alaska: 14,323Hawaii: 48,457

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 5,443 to 26,082
  • Group 2: 26,082 to 61,937
  • Group 3: 61,937 to 95,891
  • Group 4: 95,891 to 162,250
  • Highest: 162,250 to 1,016,048
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.

1California1,016,048
2Texas736,922
3Florida453,321
4New York366,341
5Georgia262,279
6Illinois220,824
7Pennsylvania209,976
8North Carolina201,584
9Ohio190,615
10New Jersey187,530
11Virginia162,250
12Arizona159,079
13Michigan157,618
14Tennessee147,281
15Washington142,035
16Maryland136,531
17Indiana125,231
18Massachusetts120,961
19South Carolina115,077
20Alabama114,904
21Missouri95,891
22Kentucky95,609
23Louisiana90,130
24Colorado89,212
25Oklahoma83,624
26Nevada82,402
27Mississippi79,969
28Utah68,129
29Oregon65,140
30Minnesota64,746
31Wisconsin61,937
32Arkansas60,837
33Connecticut54,885
34New Mexico53,719
35Kansas49,550
36Hawaii48,457
37Idaho34,575
38Iowa33,776
39West Virginia31,220
40New Hampshire28,668
41Delaware26,082
42Nebraska25,398
43Maine20,130
44Montana18,265
45Rhode Island17,841
46Alaska14,323
47South Dakota13,326
48Wyoming7,933
49North Dakota7,708
50Vermont7,671
51District of Columbia5,443

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 living with 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-living-with-grandchildren/

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