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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Children in the Care of Grandparents by County, 2019

Over 5% of children living in Oklahoma are cared for by their grandparents. Only eight other states have a larger portion of children residing in such circumstances. In rural Oklahoma, approximately 7% of children are cared for by their grandparents versus 4% in urban areas. At the county-level, 13.5% of children living in Choctaw County are cared for by their grandparents. Dewey County and Harper County both recorded 1.2% of children cared for by their grandparents.

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