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Responsible for 5 years or more: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Responsible for 5 years or more. 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: 15.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 9.5 %
RI 13.7 %
DE 14.1 %
CT 13.8 %
NJ 10.4 %
MD 14.4 %
MA 12.1 %
VT 22.8 %
NH 9.6 %

Lowest: 7.8 to 12.4 %
Group 2: 12.4 to 14 %
Group 3: 14 to 17.4 %
Group 4: 17.4 to 22.8 %
Highest: 22.8 to 44.6 %

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	North Dakota	44.6
2	South Dakota	35.9
3	Alaska	30
4	West Virginia	29.5
5	Kentucky	26.9
6	Alabama	25.8
7	Tennessee	23.6
8	Montana	23.3
9	New Mexico	22.8
9	South Carolina	22.8
9	Vermont	22.8
12	Arkansas	22.4
13	Mississippi	22.3
14	Oklahoma	21.9
15	Louisiana	21.6
16	Missouri	20.6
17	Ohio	20.4
18	Pennsylvania	18.9
19	Kansas	18.7
20	Indiana	18.3
21	Georgia	17.4
21	North Carolina	17.4
23	Virginia	17.3
24	Wyoming	16.8
25	Wisconsin	16.5
26	Texas	15.6
27	Iowa	15
28	Arizona	14.8
29	Maryland	14.4
30	Delaware	14.1
31	Colorado	14
32	Connecticut	13.8
33	Hawaii	13.7
33	Rhode Island	13.7
35	Michigan	13.4
35	Minnesota	13.4
37	Maine	13.2
38	Nevada	13.1
39	Oregon	12.8
40	New York	12.6
41	Illinois	12.4
42	Washington	12.2
43	Massachusetts	12.1
44	Florida	11.9
45	Nebraska	11.4
46	New Jersey	10.4
47	New Hampshire	9.6
48	California	9.5
48	District of Columbia	9.5
50	Idaho	9.2
51	Utah	7.8

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 responsible for 5 years or more (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-responsible-for-5-years-or-more/

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