About what share of US adults are currently a family caregiver?
Answerabout 1 in 4 (25%)
Roughly one in four American adults is providing some form of unpaid family care.
Source: AARP Public Policy Institute (2025) aarp.org
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5 sourced facts about family caregiving in the United States, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Going deeper
What share of family caregivers are 'sandwich generation' — caring for both a child and an adult at once?
Answer29%
Nearly a third of caregivers are juggling care for both a younger and an older generation at once.
Source: AARP Public Policy Institute (2025) aarp.org
Expert level
About how many hours of unpaid care did US family caregivers provide in 2024?
Answerabout 49.5 billion hours
Family caregivers put in tens of billions of hours of care every year, mostly unpaid.
Source: AARP Public Policy Institute (2024) aarp.org
What hourly value did AARP assign to unpaid family caregiving in its 2024 valuation?
Answer$20.41 per hour
AARP estimated the value of caregiving labor at just over $20 an hour.
Source: AARP Public Policy Institute (2024) aarp.org
What share of family caregivers report receiving training for complex medical tasks they perform?
Answeronly 22%
Most caregivers who handle medical tasks like injections or wound care do so without formal training.
Source: AARP Public Policy Institute (2025) aarp.org
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