Share of informal unpaid caregivers by ethnicity U.S. 2015-2017

From 2015 to 2017, around 67 percent of informal unpaid caregivers in the U.S. were white. The statistic illustrates the distribution of informal unpaid caregivers in the U.S. between 2015 and 2017, by ethnicity.

Distribution of informal unpaid caregivers in the U.S. between 2015 and 2017, by ethnicity

Characteristic	Distribution of informal unpaid caregivers
White	67.2%
Black	12.9%
Hispanic	13.8%
Other	6.2%

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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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