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America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
Grandparents Living With Grandchildren
About 6.7 million people or 3.3% of adults age 30 and over lived with their grandchildren in 2021, according to a recently released U.S. Census Bureau report on the characteristics and geography of grandparents living with grandchildren under the age of 18 in the United States.
Alaska, Hawaii and states in the Southeast and Southwest had a higher share of grandparent-grandchildren households than the national average while states in the Northeast, Midwest and Pacific Northwest had lower shares.
Grandparents have long served critical roles in U.S. families that are shaped by changing demographic trends, such as increasing life expectancy, which allows grandparents more years to develop relationships with grandchildren.
Cultural expectations of the role of grandparents also contribute to differences in living arrangements.
Continue reading to learn more about:
- States with the highest share of grandparents living with grandchildren
- Grandparents caring for grandchildren
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