There is more childcare available in some states than others

Places per child by state in 2024 and 2020 and the per cent of each state that is a 'childcare desert'

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A childcare desert is where there is more than three children per childcare place. Data includes preschool but excludes family day care..

Source: Mitchell Institute analysis of ECEC dataGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper