Share of female informal unpaid caregivers by state U.S. 2015-2017 | Statista

From 2015 to 2017, around 63 percent of informal unpaid caregivers in the state of Maryland were female. The statistic illustrates the percentage of informal unpaid caregivers in the U.S. who were women between 2015 and 2017, by state.

Percentage of informal unpaid caregivers in the U.S. who were female between 2015 and 2017, by state

Characteristic	Share of informal unpaid caregivers
Maryland	62.6%
Utah	62.2%
Puerto Rico	62.1%
Minnesota	61%
Ohio	60.6%
Oklahoma	60.5%
Indiana	60.3%
Arkansas	60.2%
New York	60.2%
Arizona	60.1%
Kansas	59.7%
North Dakota	59.7%
South Dakota	59.5%
Rhode Island	58.8%
New Jersey	58.8%
District of Columbia	58.7%
Texas	58.7%
New Mexico	58.5%
Nebraska	58.4%
Tennessee	58.3%
Georgia	58.2%
Montana	58.2%
Total	58.1%
Pennsylavannia	58.1%
Florida	58%
Colorado	57.9%
Virginia	57.8%
South Carolina	57.8%
West Virginia	57.7%
Missouri	57.7%
Alabama	57.5%
Illinois	57.5%
Iowa	57.3%
Hawaii	57.1%
Kentucky	56.7%
Connecticut	56.2%
Lousiana	56.1%
Maine	56.1%
California	56.1%
Oregon	56%
Idaho	55.6%
Misissippi	55.6%
Wyoming	55.2%
Wisconsin	55.1%
Nevada	54.7%
Michigan	54.4%
Alaska	53%

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Release date

February 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

from 2015 to 2017

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Across 46 U.S. states

Method of interview

Telephone interview

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