Child care
Child care each state licenses or registers, from the state’s own list: what inspectors found, where the state publishes it, and what the list leaves out.
142,574 child care providers on the record, in 33 states. From each state’s own published list. Some hold only part of what the state licenses, or are months old: each state’s card and page say what its list covers. Arkansas is still being read, provider by provider: its card says how far.
What the count covers
142,574 child care providers in the 33 states whose own lists are read so far. Many states publish no open list, and more states’ lists are being added: the states below are the ones on the record, and each one’s page says what its list covers.
Or browse by state
33 states, A to Z- Alabama 2,330 child care providers Known by their own lines
- Arkansas 1,781 child care providers 1,781 of 1,783 read so far
- California 28,204 child care providers No small family homes
- Colorado 4,531 child care providers
- Connecticut 3,243 child care providers
- Delaware 1,241 child care providers
- District of Columbia 455 child care providers
- Idaho 1,598 child care providers
- Illinois 8,502 child care providers
- Iowa 3,104 child care providers
- Kentucky 2,001 child care providers From its assistance list, quarterly
- Louisiana 1,621 child care providers
- Massachusetts 8,861 child care providers
- Michigan 7,698 child care providers
- Missouri 2,618 child care providers
- Montana 853 child care providers
- Nebraska 2,618 child care providers
- Nevada 628 child care providers
- New Jersey 4,090 child care providers Centers only
- New York 3,861 child care providers Outside New York City
- North Carolina 5,076 child care providers
- Ohio 8,126 child care providers
- Oklahoma 2,521 child care providers
- Puerto Rico 756 child care providers One program’s providers
- South Carolina 2,289 child care providers Exempt programs left out
- South Dakota 702 child care providers
- Tennessee 4,006 child care providers From two lists
- Texas 14,317 child care providers
- Utah 1,339 child care providers
- Vermont 1,058 child care providers
- Virginia 5,481 child care providers
- Washington 2,516 child care providers Centers and programs only
- Wisconsin 4,549 child care providers Licensed and certified programs
Not on the record yet
9 states whose agency we’ve asked- Alaska Asked Oct 19, 2026, waiting for an answer
- Florida Asked Oct 19, 2026, waiting for an answer
- Georgia Asked Oct 19, 2026, waiting for an answer
- Guam Asked Oct 19, 2026, waiting for an answer
- Minnesota Asked Oct 19, 2026, waiting for an answer
- Mississippi Asked Oct 19, 2026, waiting for an answer
- New Hampshire Asked Oct 19, 2026, waiting for an answer
- New Mexico Asked Oct 19, 2026, waiting for an answer
- Oregon Asked Oct 19, 2026, waiting for an answer