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Households with someone under 18: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Households with someone under 18. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Households by type 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: 28 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 18 %
RI 24.9 %
DE 26.7 %
CT 26.8 %
NJ 30.3 %
MD 29.1 %
MA 25.9 %
VT 23.6 %
NH 24.2 %

Lowest: 18 to 25.7 %
Group 2: 25.7 to 27.1 %
Group 3: 27.1 to 28 %
Group 4: 28 to 29.2 %
Highest: 29.2 to 36.2 %

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	Utah	36.2
2	Texas	32.6
3	Alaska	31.8
4	Idaho	30.7
5	New Jersey	30.3
6	California	30.2
7	Arkansas	29.9
8	Georgia	29.8
8	Mississippi	29.8
8	Oklahoma	29.8
11	Kansas	29.2
12	Maryland	29.1
13	Kentucky	28.9
13	Nebraska	28.9
15	Indiana	28.7
15	Virginia	28.7
17	South Dakota	28.6
18	Hawaii	28.5
19	Louisiana	28.2
20	North Carolina	28
20	Washington	28
22	Alabama	27.8
22	Tennessee	27.8
24	South Carolina	27.7
25	North Dakota	27.6
26	Iowa	27.4
26	Minnesota	27.4
26	Nevada	27.4
29	Missouri	27.3
30	Colorado	27.1
30	New Mexico	27.1
32	Connecticut	26.8
33	Delaware	26.7
34	Illinois	26.6
35	Ohio	26.5
36	Arizona	26.3
37	Wyoming	26.2
38	Michigan	26
39	Massachusetts	25.9
40	New York	25.8
41	Montana	25.7
42	West Virginia	25.6
43	Oregon	25.5
44	Wisconsin	25.2
45	Pennsylvania	25.1
46	Rhode Island	24.9
47	Florida	24.7
48	New Hampshire	24.2
49	Vermont	23.6
50	Maine	22.7
51	District of Columbia	18

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 households with someone under 18 (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-households-with-someone-under-18/

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