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Published in final edited form as: J Child Fam Stud. 2014 Nov 4;24(9):2661–2667. doi: 10.1007/s10826-014-0068-4

Table 4. Top 20 states with the most grandparents responsible for grandchildren by race-ethnicity.

Total1 % N2 NLW3 %S4 NLB5 %S4 NLO6 %S4 MEX7 %S4 N ML8 %S4






Texas 37,685 12.3% 11,975 31.8% 4,962 13.2% 1,145 3.0% 17,723 47.0% 1,880 5.0%
California 34,523 11.3% 9,470 27.4% 2,453 7.1% 4,391 12.7% 15,476 44.8% 2,733 7.9%
Florida 17,881 5.8% 8,733 48.8% 4,742 26.5% 813 4.5% 830 4.6% 2,763 15.5%
New York 14,264 4.7% 5,265 36.9% 3,389 23.8% 1,976 13.9% 318 2.2% 3,316 23.2%
Georgia 12,668 4.1% 6,299 49.7% 4,761 37.6% 296 2.3% 812 6.4% 500 3.9%
Ohio 11,037 3.6% 8,685 78.7% 2,127 19.3% 65 0.6% 70 0.6% 90 0.8%
Michigan 10,014 3.3% 6,716 67.1% 2,436 24.3% 390 3.9% 440 4.4% 32 0.3%
Illinois 9,793 3.2% 3,931 40.1% 3,162 32.3% 551 5.6% 1,790 18.3% 359 3.7%
North Carolina 8,869 2.9% 4,474 50.4% 2,794 31.5% 838 9.4% 390 4.4% 373 4.2%
Pennsylvania 8,610 2.8% 5,400 62.7% 1,411 16.4% 381 4.4% 160 1.9% 1,258 14.6%
Arizona 8,588 2.8% 3,855 44.9% 437 5.1% 1,092 12.7% 3,194 37.2% 10 0.1%
Tennessee 8,543 2.8% 6,715 78.6% 1,370 16.0% 93 1.1% 188 2.2% 177 2.1%
Indiana 7,734 2.5% 6,479 83.8% 602 7.8% 437 5.7% 147 1.9% 69 0.9%
Alabama 6,853 2.2% 3,980 58.1% 2,595 37.9% 129 1.9% 85 1.2% 64 0.9%
Louisiana 6,589 2.2% 3,317 50.3% 2,964 45.0% 205 3.1% 97 1.5% 6 0.1%
Washington 6,570 2.1% 3,928 59.8% 357 5.4% 1,407 21.4% 761 11.6% 117 1.8%
Mississippi 6,464 2.1% 3,510 54.3% 2,795 43.2% 140 2.2% 0 0.0% 19 0.3%
South Carolina 6,098 2.0% 3,678 60.3% 2,044 33.5% 73 1.2% 103 1.7% 200 3.3%
Kentucky 5,983 2.0% 4,972 83.1% 715 12.0% 83 1.4% 0 0.0% 213 3.6%
Virginia 5,818 1.9% 3,207 55.1% 1,858 31.9% 406 7.0% 25 0.4% 322 5.5%
1

Total across all race-ethnic groups;

2

Percent from nation = (weighted state count ÷ weighted total count) × 100;

3

Non-Latino-Whites;

4

Percent from state = (weighted race-ethnic count ÷ weighted state count) × 100;

5

Non-Latino-Blacks;

5

Non-Latino-Others;

6

Mexican-Latinos/as;

7

Non-Mexican-Latinos/as