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Arizona's Child Care Deserts

Where Arizona families can — and can't — find licensed child care, mapped across all 15 counties from public U.S. Census data and the state's open child care data. Darker red means more young children per licensed provider.

393,531
PA children under 5
2,536
licensed providers
155
children per provider (statewide)
0
counties with no providers
Cochise County — 126 children under 5 per providerMaricopa County — 166 children under 5 per providerCoconino County — 110 children under 5 per providerGraham County — 358 children under 5 per providerGreenlee County — 217 children under 5 per providerLa Paz County — 178 children under 5 per providerNavajo County — 227 children under 5 per providerPinal County — 262 children under 5 per providerSanta Cruz County — 127 children under 5 per providerYuma County — 134 children under 5 per providerApache County — 249 children under 5 per providerGila County — 141 children under 5 per providerPima County — 108 children under 5 per providerMohave County — 141 children under 5 per providerYavapai County — 131 children under 5 per provider

Hover a county for its name and supply number · click a county to see its providers.

No licensed providersOver 249 children per provider179–249142–178128–141Under 127 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Graham2,5077358
Pinal26,206100262
Apache3,74115249
Navajo6,34628227
Greenlee6523217
La Paz7144178
Maricopa252,9401528166
Gila2,26216141
Mohave9,00464141
Yuma14,119105134
Yavapai9,17170131
Santa Cruz2,92123127

Methodology & sources

Demand: children under 5 by county, U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates (2023 vintage). Supply: licensed child care providers from Arizona DHS open data (data.pa.gov), placed to counties by the state's county field. The ratio counts providers, not licensed capacity. Childcare Alerts is an independent service, not affiliated with any state agency. See the Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Texas maps too.