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Maryland's Child Care Deserts

Where Maryland families can — and can't — find licensed child care, mapped across all 24 counties from public U.S. Census data and the state's open child care data. Darker red means more young children per licensed provider.

363,724
PA children under 5
7,167
licensed providers
51
children per provider (statewide)
0
counties with no providers
Allegany County — 52 children under 5 per providerAnne Arundel County — 57 children under 5 per providerCalvert County — 42 children under 5 per providerCharles County — 39 children under 5 per providerDorchester County — 31 children under 5 per providerKent County — 37 children under 5 per providerQueen Anne's County — 34 children under 5 per providerSt. Mary's County — 45 children under 5 per providerSomerset County — 40 children under 5 per providerTalbot County — 34 children under 5 per providerCaroline County — 34 children under 5 per providerCarroll County — 53 children under 5 per providerFrederick County — 40 children under 5 per providerGarrett County — 60 children under 5 per providerMontgomery County — 48 children under 5 per providerPrince George's County — 57 children under 5 per providerWashington County — 45 children under 5 per providerWorcester County — 58 children under 5 per providerCecil County — 60 children under 5 per providerHoward County — 40 children under 5 per providerWicomico County — 51 children under 5 per providerBaltimore County — 30 children under 5 per providerHarford County — 47 children under 5 per providerBaltimore County — 30 children under 5 per provider

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

No licensed providersOver 57 children per provider48–5741–4735–40Under 34 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Garrett1,2102060
Cecil5,9499960
Worcester2,2153858
Anne Arundel35,24361457
Prince George's55,75497957
Carroll9,68118453
Allegany3,0925952
Wicomico6,44012751
Montgomery59,375124648
Harford14,05430147
St. Mary's7,03415545
Washington8,33618645

Methodology & sources

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