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Colorado's Child Care Deserts

Where Colorado families can — and can't — find licensed child care, mapped across all 64 counties from public U.S. Census data and the state's open child care data. Darker red means more young children per licensed provider.

308,959
PA children under 5
4,374
licensed providers
71
children per provider (statewide)
0
counties with no providers
Alamosa County — 71 children under 5 per providerBoulder County — 45 children under 5 per providerBroomfield County — 59 children under 5 per providerCrowley County — 137 children under 5 per providerDenver County — 86 children under 5 per providerDouglas County — 68 children under 5 per providerGilpin County — 64 children under 5 per providerHinsdale County — 10 children under 5 per providerJackson County — 60 children under 5 per providerJefferson County — 55 children under 5 per providerLincoln County — 51 children under 5 per providerMontezuma County — 97 children under 5 per providerPhillips County — 40 children under 5 per providerRio Grande County — 47 children under 5 per providerSan Juan County — 24 children under 5 per providerWeld County — 81 children under 5 per providerAdams County — 97 children under 5 per providerArchuleta County — 68 children under 5 per providerBaca County — 36 children under 5 per providerChaffee County — 53 children under 5 per providerCheyenne County — 15 children under 5 per providerConejos County — 163 children under 5 per providerCostilla County — 63 children under 5 per providerDelta County — 79 children under 5 per providerEagle County — 49 children under 5 per providerFremont County — 101 children under 5 per providerKiowa County — 44 children under 5 per providerKit Carson County — 44 children under 5 per providerLarimer County — 53 children under 5 per providerMontrose County — 85 children under 5 per providerLogan County — 43 children under 5 per providerMesa County — 69 children under 5 per providerMoffat County — 122 children under 5 per providerMorgan County — 76 children under 5 per providerOuray County — 30 children under 5 per providerPitkin County — 33 children under 5 per providerRio Blanco County — 62 children under 5 per providerSaguache County — 63 children under 5 per providerTeller County — 70 children under 5 per providerWashington County — 29 children under 5 per providerYuma County — 53 children under 5 per providerBent County — 73 children under 5 per providerClear Creek County — 39 children under 5 per providerCuster County — 120 children under 5 per providerEl Paso County — 84 children under 5 per providerGrand County — 35 children under 5 per providerGunnison County — 51 children under 5 per providerHuerfano County — 52 children under 5 per providerLake County — 135 children under 5 per providerMineral County — 33 children under 5 per providerOtero County — 85 children under 5 per providerPueblo County — 72 children under 5 per providerSummit County — 35 children under 5 per providerArapahoe County — 76 children under 5 per providerLa Plata County — 54 children under 5 per providerLas Animas County — 76 children under 5 per providerDolores County — 46 children under 5 per providerElbert County — 83 children under 5 per providerGarfield County — 62 children under 5 per providerPark County — 75 children under 5 per providerProwers County — 83 children under 5 per providerRoutt County — 33 children under 5 per providerSan Miguel County — 25 children under 5 per providerSedgwick County — 44 children under 5 per provider

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

No licensed providersOver 83 children per provider69–8354–6840–53Under 39 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Conejos4893163
Crowley1371137
Lake4063135
Moffat7306122
Custer2412120
Fremont1,91019101
Montezuma1,2601397
Adams33,21134297
Denver37,74044086
Montrose2,0492485
Otero1,0201285
El Paso45,00453684

Methodology & sources

Demand: children under 5 by county, U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates (2023 vintage). Supply: licensed child care providers from Colorado 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.