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Montana's Child Care Deserts

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

58,832
Montana children under 5
1,215
licensed providers
48
children per provider (statewide)
4
counties with no providers
Cascade County — 55 children under 5 per providerGolden Valley County — no licensed providersJefferson County — 37 children under 5 per providerLiberty County — 55 children under 5 per providerMeagher County — 28 children under 5 per providerPetroleum County — 8 children under 5 per providerSilver Bow County — 26 children under 5 per providerTeton County — 82 children under 5 per providerWheatland County — 61 children under 5 per providerMcCone County — 100 children under 5 per providerMadison County — 38 children under 5 per providerMissoula County — 37 children under 5 per providerMusselshell County — 70 children under 5 per providerPhillips County — 44 children under 5 per providerPowell County — 27 children under 5 per providerRichland County — 66 children under 5 per providerRosebud County — 89 children under 5 per providerSheridan County — 92 children under 5 per providerSweet Grass County — 49 children under 5 per providerToole County — 148 children under 5 per providerWibaux County — no licensed providersBig Horn County — 113 children under 5 per providerBlaine County — 177 children under 5 per providerCarbon County — 80 children under 5 per providerChouteau County — 75 children under 5 per providerDaniels County — 36 children under 5 per providerDeer Lodge County — 28 children under 5 per providerFlathead County — 65 children under 5 per providerGlacier County — 116 children under 5 per providerHill County — 56 children under 5 per providerBroadwater County — 60 children under 5 per providerDawson County — 50 children under 5 per providerGallatin County — 48 children under 5 per providerLake County — 42 children under 5 per providerLewis and Clark County — 40 children under 5 per providerLincoln County — 50 children under 5 per providerPowder River County — 46 children under 5 per providerRoosevelt County — 300 children under 5 per providerPark County — 46 children under 5 per providerPondera County — 78 children under 5 per providerPrairie County — 51 children under 5 per providerRavalli County — 58 children under 5 per providerSanders County — 165 children under 5 per providerStillwater County — 94 children under 5 per providerTreasure County — no licensed providersValley County — 70 children under 5 per providerYellowstone County — 43 children under 5 per providerBeaverhead County — 37 children under 5 per providerCarter County — 90 children under 5 per providerCuster County — 30 children under 5 per providerFallon County — no licensed providersFergus County — 56 children under 5 per providerGarfield County — 36 children under 5 per providerGranite County — 51 children under 5 per providerJudith Basin County — 21 children under 5 per providerMineral County — 45 children under 5 per provider

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

No licensed providersOver 89 children per provider61–8949–6038–48Under 37 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Roosevelt9003300
Blaine5303177
Sanders4953165
Toole2962148
Glacier1,0459116
Big Horn9048113
McCone1001100
Stillwater376494
Sheridan275392
Carter90190
Rosebud621789
Teton410582

Methodology & sources

Demand: children under 5 by county, U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates. Supply: licensed child care providers from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, 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 every state's map.