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What percentage of grandparents who live with their grandchildren are the ones responsible for raising them?

31.7% of grandparents who live with their grandchildren are the ones responsible for raising them — about 32 in every 100, or 3 in 10. That is the figure published by the American Community Survey for 2023.

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31.7

Where this number comes from

Survey
American Community Survey
What it measured
American Community Survey 1-year estimate, published under the label “GRANDPARENTS → Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years → Grandparents responsible for grandchildren”.
Population
American grandparents living with their grandchildren
Year
2023
90% confidence interval
31.3% to 32.1%

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