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Responsible for the grandchildren: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Responsible for the 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: 30 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 29 %
RI 20.9 %
DE 29.9 %
CT 24.3 %
NJ 20.7 %
MD 31.2 %
MA 22.5 %
VT 32.4 %
NH 19.4 %

Lowest: 19 to 24.3 %
Group 2: 24.3 to 30.3 %
Group 3: 30.3 to 34.9 %
Group 4: 34.9 to 42.4 %
Highest: 42.4 to 66.6 %

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	66.6
2	South Dakota	64.4
3	Alaska	49.1
4	Mississippi	47
5	Louisiana	46.6
6	Alabama	46.5
7	Arkansas	44.4
7	South Carolina	44.4
9	Kentucky	43.4
10	Wyoming	42.9
11	Oklahoma	42.4
12	West Virginia	42.2
13	Kansas	41.7
14	Tennessee	40.9
15	Missouri	38.8
16	Montana	38.5
17	Iowa	38.4
17	New Mexico	38.4
19	Ohio	38.2
20	Pennsylvania	35.8
21	Indiana	34.9
22	North Carolina	34.7
23	Georgia	33.6
24	Wisconsin	32.5
25	Arizona	32.4
25	Texas	32.4
25	Vermont	32.4
28	Maryland	31.2
29	Maine	30.4
29	Virginia	30.4
31	Colorado	30.3
32	Delaware	29.9
33	Oregon	29.7
34	District of Columbia	29
35	Michigan	28.3
36	Illinois	27.5
37	Nebraska	26.4
38	Minnesota	25.5
39	Idaho	24.9
40	Florida	24.4
41	Connecticut	24.3
41	Nevada	24.3
43	Washington	23.1
44	New York	23
45	Massachusetts	22.5
46	Rhode Island	20.9
47	New Jersey	20.7
48	Hawaii	20.6
49	California	19.6
50	New Hampshire	19.4
51	Utah	19

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 the 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-responsible-for-the-grandchildren/

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