Grandparents

• Burnett and Polk counties have proportions of households in which grandparents are looking after their grand children that are similar to the percent in Wisconsin.
• Pierce and St. Croix have only about half as many households in which grandparents are looking after their grandchildren as in Wisconsin.
• Chisago and Washington are similar to Minnesota with respect to this indicator.

• Other than Burnett County, the other St. Croix River Valley counties tend to have lower proportions of households in which grandparents have responsibilities for their grandchildren.
• The proportion of households in which grandparents live with and care for grandchildren has fallen sharply in Pierce and St. Croix counties.
• Polk and Burnett counties have had a fair amount of volatility with respect to this variable, but both have seen some declines since 2015.

• The proportion of households in which grandparents are living with and responsible for their grandchildren has been declining in Minnesota since 2014.
• In Washington County this proportion has been trending downward since 2010, but has been increasing in Chisago County over this time period.

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