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United States -- States; and Puerto Rico
GCT-T7-R. Child Dependency Ratio of the Total Population (geographies ranked by estimate)  More information about this table...
Data Set: 2007 Population Estimates
Note: For information on errors stemming from model error, sampling error, and nonsampling error, see: http://www.census.gov/popest/topics/methodology.

Rank


Geographic area


Ratio

 

United States

38.9

 

 

 

Utah

51.2

2t

Idaho

44.5

2t

Texas

44.5

Arizona

43.4

Mississippi

43.1

Georgia

41.7

New Mexico

41.0

Nebraska

40.9

Nevada

40.7

10t

California

40.5

10t

Kansas

40.5

10t

South Dakota

40.5

13 

Arkansas

40.3

14t

Alaska

40.2

14t

Oklahoma

40.2

16 

Louisiana

40.1

17 

Indiana

40.0

18 

Illinois

39.5

19 

Alabama

39.0

20 

Missouri

38.9

21 

Iowa

38.7

22t

Michigan

38.6

22t

North Carolina

38.6

24 

Ohio

38.4

25t

Minnesota

38.2

25t

South Carolina

38.2

27 

Delaware

38.0

28t

Maryland

37.8

28t

Tennessee

37.8

30t

Colorado

37.6

30t

New Jersey

37.6

30t

Wyoming

37.6

33 

Kentucky

37.4

34 

Wisconsin

37.3

35 

Connecticut

37.1

36 

Washington

36.8

37 

Virginia

36.7

38 

Florida

36.4

39 

Montana

36.3

40 

Oregon

36.0

41 

Pennsylvania

35.9

42 

New York

35.8

43 

North Dakota

35.4

44 

Hawaii

35.1

45 

New Hampshire

35.0

46 

Massachusetts

34.5

47 

Rhode Island

34.4

48 

West Virginia

33.9

49 

Maine

33.2

50 

Vermont

32.4

51 

District of Columbia

28.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puerto Rico

41.5

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program
More Tables and Information: Population Estimates Program


Notes:
ยท The child dependency ratio is derived by dividing the population under 18 by the 18-to-64 population and multiplying by 100.



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