Table 2. Demographic characteristics of grandparents responsible for grandchildren by race-ethnicity.

	NLW1	%	NLB2	%	NLO3	%	MEX4	%	NML5	%	Total6	%
Unweighted count7	5,133		1,568		669		1,315		492		9,177
Weighted count8	159,489		56,835		20,723		49,683		19,392		306,122
Demographics
Female	94,259	59%	41,068	72%	13,289	64%	28,791	58%	12,922	67%	190,332	62%
Age ≤ 65	18,377	12%	5,310	9%	3,839	19%	3,872	8%	1,170	9%	33,168	11%
Native born	155,202	97%	52,218	92%	9,619	46%	19,071	38%	8,413	43%	244,526	80%
College educated	73,272	46%	26,097	46%	8,587	41%	10,293	21%	5,841	30%	124,092	41%
Mono English9	152,368	96%	53,959	95%	7,882	38%	7,003	14%	2.601	13%	221,215	72%
Married	114,200	72%	26,847	47%	13,903	67%	35,976	72%	11,178	58%	202,107	66%
Widow	9,497	6%	3,963	7%	2,023	10%	2,104	4%	1,119	6%	18,706	6%
D,S,NM10	35,792	22%	26,025	46%	4,797	23%	11,603	23%	7,095	37%	85,313	28%
Economics
Works11	97,306	61%	31,885	56%	9,586	46%	30,945	62%	12,005	62%	181,729	59%
Unemployed	9,318	6%	4,315	8%	1,027	5%	3,608	7%	1,323	7%	19,591	6%
Not in labor force	50,334	32%	19,619	35%	9,837	47%	14,231	29%	5,807	30%	99,829	33%
In-poverty12	25,557	16%	16,795	30%	4,838	23%	15,003	30%	5,532	29%	67,726	22%
Near poverty13	21,486	13%	9,378	17%	3,182	15%	9,885	20%	3,394	18%	47,326	15%

¹Non-Latino-Whites;

²Non-Latino-Blacks;

³Non-Latino-Others;

⁴Mexican-Latinos/as;

⁵Non-Mexican-Latinos/as;

⁶Total across all race-ethnic groups;

⁷Actual number of subjects in microdata;

⁸Count of subjects when population weights applied;

⁹Only speak English;

¹⁰Divorce, separated, or never married;

¹¹Civilian or armed forces employed and at work;

¹²Poverty score ≤ 100;

¹³Poverty score from 101 to 150