GP-2.  Ranking of States by Percent of Children Under 18 Living In 
       Their Grandparents' Household:  1990 Census

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  July 1, 1999

           STATE                  Total
                          Grandchildren    Percent

 1  Dist. Of Columbia            21,655       18.9
 2  Hawaii                       29,099       10.5
 3  Mississippi                  72,490        9.8
 4  South Carolina               82,531        9.0
 5  Louisiana                   101,948        8.4
 6  Alabama                      85,403        8.1
 7  Georgia                     127,991        7.5
 8  Maryland                     84,434        7.3
 9  North Carolina              111,006        6.9
10  Tennessee                    83,021        6.9
11  Florida                     195,416        6.9
12  Arkansas                     41,263        6.7
13  Texas                       311,160        6.5
14  Delaware                     10,485        6.4
15  New Mexico                   28,013        6.3
16  New York                    258,087        6.1
17  New Jersey                  107,287        6.0
18  Virginia                     89,066        5.9
19  Arizona                      55,257        5.7
20  Illinois                    165,897        5.7
21  Pennsylvania                151,024        5.4
22  California                  417,776        5.4
23  Oklahoma                     42,790        5.1
24  Kentucky                     48,327        5.1
25  West Virginia                21,974        5.0
26  Nevada                       14,663        5.0
27  Ohio                        138,263        5.0
28  Missouri                     64,080        4.9
29  Michigan                    114,472        4.7
30  Indiana                      66,997        4.6
31  Connecticut                  31,236        4.2
32  Rhode Island                  8,492        3.8
33  Massachusetts                50,453        3.8
34  Oregon                       25,154        3.5
35  Colorado                     29,642        3.5
36  Alaska                        5,619        3.3
37  Washington                   38,922        3.1
38  Kansas                       20,245        3.1
39  South Dakota                  5,833        3.0
40  Maine                         8,708        2.8
41  Montana                       6,193        2.8
42  Wisconsin                    35,369        2.8
43  New Hampshire                 7,575        2.7
44  Idaho                         7,624        2.5
45  Utah                         14,942        2.4
46  Wyoming                       3,201        2.4
47  Nebraska                     10,136        2.4
48  Vermont                       3,260        2.3
49  Iowa                         16,300        2.3
50  Minnessota                   20,592        1.8
51  North Dakota                  2,628        1.5

Source:  1990 Census of Population, General Population Characteristics, 
         CP-1 Individual State Reports, Table 40.

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