State Caregiving Data 2006
Estimated Prevalence and Economic Value of Family Caregiving, by State (2004)
Part A. States in Alphabetical Order
| State
| Number of Caregiver, 2004
| Caregiving hours per year (millions)
| Annual market value (millions of dollars)
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| Alabama
| 450,998
| 483
| $4,792
|
| Alaska
| 60,554
| 65
| $643
|
| Arizona
| 546,456
| 585
| $5,807
|
| Arkansas
| 272,053
| 291
| $2,891
|
| California
| 3,419,481
| 3,663
| $36,336
|
| Colorado
| 445,138
| 477
| $4,730
|
| Connecticut
| 351,720
| 377
| $3,737
|
| Delaware
| 83,532
| 89
| $888
|
| District of Columbia
| 57,903
| 62
| $615
|
| Florida
| 1,766,219
| 1,892
| $18,768
|
| Georgia
| 844,351
| 904
| $8,972
|
| Hawaii
| 126,379
| 135
| $1,343
|
| Idaho
| 132,600
| 142
| $1,409
|
| Illinois
| 1,237,781
| 1,326
| $13,153
|
| Indiana
| 606,759
| 650
| $6,448
|
| Iowa
| 297,388
| 319
| $3,160
|
| Kansas
| 267,190
| 286
| $2,839
|
| Kentucky
| 415,171
| 445
| $4,412
|
| Louisiana
| 436,992
| 468
| $4,644
|
| Maine
| 136,959
| 147
| $1,455
|
| Maryland
| 547,647
| 587
| $5,819
|
| Massachusetts
| 650,636
| 697
| $6,914
|
| Michigan
| 993,928
| 1,065
| $10,562
|
| Minnesota
| 503,523
| 539
| $5,351
|
| Mississippi
| 280,802
| 301
| $2,984
|
| Missouri
| 572,438
| 613
| $6,083
|
| Montana
| 94,437
| 101
| $1,004
|
| Nebraska
| 170,972
| 183
| $1,817
|
| Nevada
| 226,016
| 242
| $2,402
|
| New Hampshire
| 131,109
| 140
| $1,393
|
| New Jersey
| 862,502
| 924
| $9,165
|
| New Mexico
| 184,473
| 198
| $1,960
|
| New York
| 1,923,778
| 2,061
| $20,443
|
| North Carolina
| 840,345
| 900
| $8,930
|
| North Dakota
| 64,441
| 69
| $685
|
| Ohio
| 1,140,348
| 1,222
| $12,118
|
| Oklahoma
| 347,618
| 372
| $3,694
|
| Oregon
| 359,470
| 385
| $3,820
|
| Pennsylvania
| 1,262,393
| 1,352
| $13,415
|
| Rhode Island
| 109,822
| 118
| $1,167
|
| South Carolina
| 416,214
| 446
| $4,423
|
| South Dakota
| 75,533
| 81
| $803
|
| Tennessee
| 591,666
| 634
| $6,287
|
| Texas
| 2,101,949
| 2,252
| $22,336
|
| Utah
| 209,640
| 225
| $2,228
|
| Vermont
| 64,277
| 69
| $683
|
| Virginia
| 740,402
| 793
| $7,868
|
| Washington
| 616,302
| 660
| $6,549
|
| West Virginia
| 189,180
| 203
| $2,010
|
| Wisconsin
| 549,279
| 588
| $5,837
|
| Wyoming
| 51,004
| 55
| $542
|
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| United States, total
| 28,827,766
| 30,880
| $306,333
|
These state-by-state statistics for 2004, were prepared in August 2006 by the National Family Caregivers Association and Family Caregiver Alliance’s National Center on Caregiving in conjunction with Peter S.Arno, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefi ore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The data and methodology are based on Dr. Arno’s previous study, Economic Value of Informal Caregiving: 2004, presented at the Care Coordination and Caregivers Forum, Department of Veterans Affairs, Bethesda, MD., January 25, 2006.
Suggested Citation: National Family Caregivers Association & Family Caregiver Alliance (2006). Prevalence, Hours and Economic Value of Family Caregiving, Updated State-by-State Analysis of 2004 National Estimates by Peter S. Arno, PhD. Kensington, MD: NFCA & San Francisco, CA: FCA.
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