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According to a 2019 report conducted by the AARP Public Policy Institute, approximately 41 million family caregivers provided 34 billion hours of unpaid care in 2017, the estimated value of which totaled $470 billion. This care is commonly provided at a huge personal cost to caregivers, including lost wages and benefits.
https://www.caregiving.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AARP1316_ExecSum_CaregivingintheUS_WEB.pdf
Massive Population Growth: The number of unpaid family caregivers in the U.S. jumped by 9.5 million over five years, reaching 53 million adults (more than 1 in 5 Americans) since 2015.
https://www.caregivingintheus.org/
On average, family caregivers are 50 years old and care for someone 68 years old in Minnesota.https://www.caregivingintheus.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/caregiving-in-the-us-2025-minnesota.doi_.10.26419-2fppi.00383.018.pdf
Nearly all family caregivers (99%) help with at least one instrumental activity of daily living (IADL), such as shopping, managing finances, preparing meals, and handling transportation.
Jul 9, 2026 — AARP's newest report, Valuing the Invaluable 2026, finds that the value of unpaid caregivers' contributions is now over 1 trillion dollars.
https://mnraaa.org/family-caregiving/
https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/who-cares-the-value-of-unpaid-carework-in-minnesota/
Who Cares? is the first report to calculate the annual monetary contribution of unpaid carework to Minnesota’s economy—an astounding $88.1 billion per year.
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