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Delaware's Child Care Deserts

Where Delaware families can — and can't — find licensed child care, mapped across all 3 counties from public U.S. Census data and the state's open child care data. Darker red means more young children per licensed provider.

54,471
PA children under 5
1,249
licensed providers
44
children per provider (statewide)
0
counties with no providers
Sussex County — 49 children under 5 per providerKent County — 49 children under 5 per providerNew Castle County — 40 children under 5 per provider

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

No licensed providersOver 49 children per provider50–4950–4941–49Under 40 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Sussex12,25124849
Kent10,88022449
New Castle31,34077740

Methodology & sources

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