Table 6: Grandparents Living in Household with One or More Own Grandchildren Under 
         18 Years of Age and Grandparents Responsible for Grandchildren for the 
         United States and States in the United States, 2000 
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                                                              Grandparents Responsible   
                                                                 for Grandchildren       
                                    Grandparents Living       ________________________   
                                     in Household with                                   
US/State                               Grandchildren              Number       Percent   
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United States                            5,771,671             2,426,730          42.0

Alabama                                    100,765                56,369          55.9
Alaska                                      10,423                 5,419          52.0
Arizona                                    114,990                52,210          45.4
Arkansas                                    57,895                33,618          58.1
California                                 928,290               294,969          31.8
Colorado                                    66,903                28,524          42.6
Connecticut                                 55,489                18,898          34.1
Delaware                                    16,689                 7,204          43.2
District of Columbia                        16,842                 8,183          48.6
Florida                                    345,949               147,893          42.7
Georgia                                    193,825                92,265          47.6
Hawaii                                      49,237                14,029          28.5
Idaho                                       17,447                 8,110          46.5
Illinois                                   258,038               103,717          40.2
Indiana                                     96,169                48,181          50.1
Iowa                                        28,201                13,073          46.4
Kansas                                      35,274                17,873          50.7
Kentucky                                    69,504                35,818          51.5
Louisiana                                  122,240                67,058          54.9
Maine                                       13,053                 5,074          38.9
Maryland                                   125,697                50,974          40.6
Massachusetts                               98,325                27,915          28.4
Michigan                                   166,705                70,044          42.0
Minnesota                                   45,217                17,682          39.1
Mississippi                                 84,157                48,061          57.1
Missouri                                    90,200                43,907          48.7
Montana                                     11,098                 6,053          54.5
Nebraska                                    17,401                 8,454          48.6
Nevada                                      45,286                18,685          41.3
New Hampshire                               14,660                 4,534          30.9
New Jersey                                 185,771                58,789          31.6
New Mexico                                  46,014                24,041          52.2
New York                                   412,000               143,014          34.7
North Carolina                             160,576                79,810          49.7
North Dakota                                 4,645                 2,547          54.8
Ohio                                       185,443                86,009          46.4
Oklahoma                                    67,194                39,279          58.5
Oregon                                      51,169                22,103          43.2
Pennsylvania                               204,909                80,423          39.2
Rhode Island                                16,957                 5,060          29.8
South Carolina                              99,558                51,755          52.0
South Dakota                                 8,019                 4,632          57.8
Tennessee                                  119,968                61,252          51.1
Texas                                      551,047               257,074          46.7
Utah                                        39,564                15,989          40.4
Vermont                                      5,332                 1,934          36.3
Virginia                                   140,015                59,464          42.5
Washington                                  84,592                35,341          41.8
West Virginia                               30,833                16,151          52.4
Wisconsin                                   55,983                23,687          42.3
Wyoming                                      6,113                 3,582          58.6
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