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New Jersey's Child Care Deserts

Where New Jersey families can — and can't — find licensed child care, mapped across all 21 counties from public U.S. Census data and the state's open child care data. Darker red means more young children per licensed provider.

519,070
PA children under 5
4,144
licensed providers
125
children per provider (statewide)
0
counties with no providers
Camden County — 133 children under 5 per providerGloucester County — 119 children under 5 per providerPassaic County — 137 children under 5 per providerBergen County — 110 children under 5 per providerCape May County — 123 children under 5 per providerEssex County — 110 children under 5 per providerHudson County — 108 children under 5 per providerHunterdon County — 87 children under 5 per providerMercer County — 101 children under 5 per providerOcean County — 343 children under 5 per providerSalem County — 150 children under 5 per providerSomerset County — 98 children under 5 per providerWarren County — 109 children under 5 per providerMorris County — 96 children under 5 per providerSussex County — 112 children under 5 per providerAtlantic County — 131 children under 5 per providerBurlington County — 165 children under 5 per providerCumberland County — 135 children under 5 per providerMiddlesex County — 128 children under 5 per providerMonmouth County — 123 children under 5 per providerUnion County — 124 children under 5 per provider

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

No licensed providersOver 135 children per provider125–135113–124109–112Under 108 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Ocean48,751142343
Burlington24,063146165
Salem3,59724150
Passaic31,952234137
Cumberland9,29469135
Camden31,216235133
Atlantic14,049107131
Middlesex44,932351128
Union34,707279124
Cape May3,94532123
Monmouth32,447263123
Gloucester15,481130119

Methodology & sources

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