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Massachusetts's Child Care Deserts

Where Massachusetts families can — and can't — find licensed child care, mapped across all 14 counties from public U.S. Census data and the state's open child care data. Darker red means more young children per licensed provider.

343,943
PA children under 5
9,097
licensed providers
38
children per provider (statewide)
0
counties with no providers
Franklin County — 42 children under 5 per providerDukes County — 41 children under 5 per providerHampden County — 28 children under 5 per providerHampshire County — 40 children under 5 per providerMiddlesex County — 41 children under 5 per providerNorfolk County — 53 children under 5 per providerPlymouth County — 57 children under 5 per providerBarnstable County — 33 children under 5 per providerBerkshire County — 33 children under 5 per providerWorcester County — 36 children under 5 per providerSuffolk County — 30 children under 5 per providerBristol County — 61 children under 5 per providerEssex County — 27 children under 5 per providerNantucket County — 51 children under 5 per provider

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

No licensed providersOver 53 children per provider42–5337–4131–36Under 30 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Bristol28,96247361
Plymouth27,38647957
Norfolk36,88469653
Nantucket8201651
Franklin2,5836242
Dukes9072241
Middlesex80,983197341
Hampshire4,98012640
Worcester44,172121236
Barnstable7,67823533
Berkshire4,81914833
Suffolk36,485121130

Methodology & sources

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