Licensed child care recovery varies widely across California counties and provider types

Overall capacity change (%), 2019-2023

Child care centers Family child care homes

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NOTES: Map represents the statewide percent change in licensed child care capacity by county from 2019-2023. Excludes school-age child care centers, inactive licenses, pending licenses, and license exempt providers including family, friend, and neighbor care and those caring for children from only one other family. Family child care homes include both large (<14 children) and small family homes (<8 children).

County Regional Groupings: The Northern region includes Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity counties. The Sacramento area includes El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties. The Bay Area includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma counties. The San Joaquin Valley and Sierras region includes Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne counties. The Central Coast region includes Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties. The Inland Empire includes Imperial, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.