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Nebraska's Child Care Deserts

Where Nebraska families can — and can't — find licensed child care, mapped across all 93 counties from public U.S. Census data and the state's open child care data. Darker red means more young children per licensed provider.

123,659
PA children under 5
2,726
licensed providers
45
children per provider (statewide)
8
counties with no providers
Merrick County — 39 children under 5 per providerNance County — 17 children under 5 per providerPerkins County — 36 children under 5 per providerPhelps County — 30 children under 5 per providerRichardson County — 30 children under 5 per providerSeward County — 38 children under 5 per providerSherman County — 33 children under 5 per providerThomas County — 37 children under 5 per providerWheeler County — 19 children under 5 per providerAntelope County — 24 children under 5 per providerBlaine County — no licensed providersButler County — 48 children under 5 per providerClay County — 35 children under 5 per providerColfax County — 51 children under 5 per providerDawson County — 44 children under 5 per providerDodge County — 65 children under 5 per providerFrontier County — 58 children under 5 per providerGosper County — 15 children under 5 per providerHayes County — no licensed providersHoward County — 41 children under 5 per providerJohnson County — 52 children under 5 per providerMcPherson County — no licensed providersRock County — 21 children under 5 per providerSaline County — 45 children under 5 per providerSaunders County — 42 children under 5 per providerSheridan County — 39 children under 5 per providerThayer County — 16 children under 5 per providerThurston County — 68 children under 5 per providerWebster County — 41 children under 5 per providerBanner County — no licensed providersBoone County — 26 children under 5 per providerBox Butte County — 40 children under 5 per providerBuffalo County — 30 children under 5 per providerCass County — 57 children under 5 per providerChase County — 37 children under 5 per providerCheyenne County — 90 children under 5 per providerCuming County — 49 children under 5 per providerDawes County — 32 children under 5 per providerDixon County — 80 children under 5 per providerDundy County — 15 children under 5 per providerGarfield County — 21 children under 5 per providerGrant County — 36 children under 5 per providerHall County — 59 children under 5 per providerHamilton County — 62 children under 5 per providerHarlan County — 157 children under 5 per providerHitchcock County — 138 children under 5 per providerKearney County — 20 children under 5 per providerKeith County — 35 children under 5 per providerKimball County — 37 children under 5 per providerLancaster County — 48 children under 5 per providerLoup County — 27 children under 5 per providerMadison County — 35 children under 5 per providerNuckolls County — 32 children under 5 per providerPawnee County — 52 children under 5 per providerPlatte County — 41 children under 5 per providerMorrill County — 45 children under 5 per providerNemaha County — 28 children under 5 per providerPolk County — 29 children under 5 per providerSarpy County — 58 children under 5 per providerStanton County — 92 children under 5 per providerWayne County — 31 children under 5 per providerYork County — 30 children under 5 per providerAdams County — 48 children under 5 per providerArthur County — no licensed providersBrown County — 26 children under 5 per providerCedar County — 53 children under 5 per providerCuster County — 38 children under 5 per providerFillmore County — 29 children under 5 per providerGarden County — 30 children under 5 per providerGreeley County — 18 children under 5 per providerHolt County — 19 children under 5 per providerKnox County — 18 children under 5 per providerPierce County — 25 children under 5 per providerRed Willow County — 32 children under 5 per providerScotts Bluff County — 38 children under 5 per providerSioux County — no licensed providersValley County — 32 children under 5 per providerWashington County — 40 children under 5 per providerBoyd County — 62 children under 5 per providerBurt County — 49 children under 5 per providerCherry County — 38 children under 5 per providerDakota County — 77 children under 5 per providerDeuel County — 30 children under 5 per providerDouglas County — 52 children under 5 per providerFranklin County — 51 children under 5 per providerGage County — 24 children under 5 per providerOtoe County — 40 children under 5 per providerHooker County — 9 children under 5 per providerJefferson County — 28 children under 5 per providerKeya Paha County — no licensed providersLincoln County — 60 children under 5 per providerLogan County — no licensed providersFurnas County — 16 children under 5 per provider

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

No licensed providersOver 52 children per provider41–5234–4027–33Under 26 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Harlan1571157
Hitchcock1381138
Stanton367492
Cheyenne539690
Dixon319480
Dakota1,7042277
Thurston608968
Dodge2,4573865
Hamilton554962
Boyd62162
Lincoln1,8113060
Hall4,5397759

Methodology & sources

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