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Michigan's Child Care Deserts

Where Michigan families can — and can't — find licensed child care, mapped across all 83 counties from public U.S. Census data and the state's open child care data. Darker red means more young children per licensed provider.

529,962
PA children under 5
7,700
licensed providers
69
children per provider (statewide)
0
counties with no providers
Antrim County — 68 children under 5 per providerBarry County — 65 children under 5 per providerBranch County — 67 children under 5 per providerClare County — 58 children under 5 per providerClinton County — 68 children under 5 per providerEaton County — 55 children under 5 per providerGratiot County — 36 children under 5 per providerHoughton County — 59 children under 5 per providerIsabella County — 39 children under 5 per providerKalamazoo County — 54 children under 5 per providerKeweenaw County — 62 children under 5 per providerLake County — 108 children under 5 per providerLenawee County — 57 children under 5 per providerMackinac County — 25 children under 5 per providerMarquette County — 51 children under 5 per providerMecosta County — 56 children under 5 per providerMidland County — 47 children under 5 per providerMontcalm County — 77 children under 5 per providerNewaygo County — 59 children under 5 per providerOsceola County — 44 children under 5 per providerRoscommon County — 51 children under 5 per providerShiawassee County — 64 children under 5 per providerWashtenaw County — 58 children under 5 per providerWexford County — 43 children under 5 per providerAlger County — 56 children under 5 per providerAllegan County — 61 children under 5 per providerAlpena County — 54 children under 5 per providerBay County — 55 children under 5 per providerBenzie County — 64 children under 5 per providerBerrien County — 72 children under 5 per providerCass County — 80 children under 5 per providerCheboygan County — 41 children under 5 per providerChippewa County — 41 children under 5 per providerDelta County — 76 children under 5 per providerDickinson County — 45 children under 5 per providerEmmet County — 43 children under 5 per providerGladwin County — 74 children under 5 per providerIngham County — 62 children under 5 per providerIosco County — 44 children under 5 per providerJackson County — 65 children under 5 per providerKalkaska County — 51 children under 5 per providerKent County — 65 children under 5 per providerLapeer County — 71 children under 5 per providerLivingston County — 90 children under 5 per providerLuce County — 90 children under 5 per providerMacomb County — 93 children under 5 per providerManistee County — 42 children under 5 per providerMonroe County — 80 children under 5 per providerIron County — 44 children under 5 per providerOakland County — 81 children under 5 per providerOntonagon County — 35 children under 5 per providerOscoda County — 111 children under 5 per providerSaginaw County — 44 children under 5 per providerSt. Clair County — 106 children under 5 per providerTuscola County — 75 children under 5 per providerVan Buren County — 58 children under 5 per providerWayne County — 90 children under 5 per providerCalhoun County — 70 children under 5 per providerCrawford County — 53 children under 5 per providerGenesee County — 71 children under 5 per providerHillsdale County — 54 children under 5 per providerHuron County — 37 children under 5 per providerMissaukee County — 56 children under 5 per providerMontmorency County — 39 children under 5 per providerOgemaw County — 54 children under 5 per providerOtsego County — 25 children under 5 per providerSt. Joseph County — 57 children under 5 per providerAlcona County — 54 children under 5 per providerLeelanau County — 52 children under 5 per providerMason County — 38 children under 5 per providerArenac County — 62 children under 5 per providerMenominee County — 37 children under 5 per providerBaraga County — 78 children under 5 per providerCharlevoix County — 46 children under 5 per providerMuskegon County — 50 children under 5 per providerOceana County — 68 children under 5 per providerOttawa County — 70 children under 5 per providerPresque Isle County — 41 children under 5 per providerSanilac County — 59 children under 5 per providerSchoolcraft County — 40 children under 5 per providerGogebic County — 43 children under 5 per providerGrand Traverse County — 52 children under 5 per providerIonia County — 53 children under 5 per provider

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

No licensed providersOver 71 children per provider60–7155–5944–54Under 43 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Oscoda4434111
Lake4304108
St. Clair7,62972106
Macomb44,76748393
Livingston9,30310390
Luce271390
Wayne107,097118490
Oakland64,42179581
Cass2,3873080
Monroe7,4639380
Baraga391578
Montcalm3,4724577

Methodology & sources

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