During 15 months of the nearly 19-month COVID-19 pandemic, more than 120,000 U.S. children lost a parent or grandparent who was a primary provider of financial support and care, the study found. About 32% of all kids who lost a primary caregiver were Hispanic and 26% were Black. White children accounted for 35% of the kids who lost primary caregivers, even though more than half of the population is white. In California, 67% of the children who lost primary caregivers were Hispanic. In Mississippi, 57% of the children who lost primary caregivers were Black, the study found.
