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New York's Child Care Deserts

Where New York families can — and can't — find licensed child care, mapped across all 62 counties from public U.S. Census data and the state's open child care data. Darker red means more young children per licensed provider.

1,038,816
PA children under 5
16,788
licensed providers
62
children per provider (statewide)
0
counties with no providers
Allegany County — 80 children under 5 per providerColumbia County — 89 children under 5 per providerGenesee County — 117 children under 5 per providerHerkimer County — 79 children under 5 per providerMontgomery County — 117 children under 5 per providerOntario County — 76 children under 5 per providerRensselaer County — 76 children under 5 per providerSchoharie County — 70 children under 5 per providerTompkins County — 49 children under 5 per providerWyoming County — 70 children under 5 per providerYates County — 119 children under 5 per providerBroome County — 89 children under 5 per providerCayuga County — 71 children under 5 per providerChautauqua County — 86 children under 5 per providerClinton County — 39 children under 5 per providerDutchess County — 63 children under 5 per providerFranklin County — 63 children under 5 per providerFulton County — 97 children under 5 per providerGreene County — 86 children under 5 per providerHamilton County — 46 children under 5 per providerJefferson County — 85 children under 5 per providerLivingston County — 74 children under 5 per providerMonroe County — 55 children under 5 per providerNassau County — 59 children under 5 per providerNiagara County — 96 children under 5 per providerOrange County — 119 children under 5 per providerOrleans County — 104 children under 5 per providerOswego County — 98 children under 5 per providerQueens County — 74 children under 5 per providerRockland County — 114 children under 5 per providerSt. Lawrence County — 66 children under 5 per providerSchenectady County — 56 children under 5 per providerSeneca County — 88 children under 5 per providerSuffolk County — 87 children under 5 per providerTioga County — 93 children under 5 per providerWayne County — 119 children under 5 per providerChenango County — 58 children under 5 per providerEssex County — 39 children under 5 per providerLewis County — 95 children under 5 per providerOneida County — 68 children under 5 per providerOtsego County — 77 children under 5 per providerSaratoga County — 75 children under 5 per providerSteuben County — 46 children under 5 per providerWarren County — 78 children under 5 per providerAlbany County — 61 children under 5 per providerBronx County — 23 children under 5 per providerChemung County — 46 children under 5 per providerCortland County — 62 children under 5 per providerDelaware County — 46 children under 5 per providerErie County — 105 children under 5 per providerKings County — 73 children under 5 per providerMadison County — 92 children under 5 per providerNew York County — 63 children under 5 per providerOnondaga County — 60 children under 5 per providerPutnam County — 82 children under 5 per providerRichmond County — 91 children under 5 per providerSchuyler County — 87 children under 5 per providerSullivan County — 99 children under 5 per providerUlster County — 68 children under 5 per providerWashington County — 68 children under 5 per providerWestchester County — 59 children under 5 per providerCattaraugus County — 111 children under 5 per provider

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

No licensed providersOver 96 children per provider86–9671–8560–70Under 59 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Yates1,67014119
Orange27,655233119
Wayne4,76140119
Genesee2,91325117
Montgomery3,04226117
Rockland30,034264114
Cattaraugus4,11137111
Erie48,886466105
Orleans1,86918104
Sullivan4,8724999
Oswego5,9506198
Fulton2,5302697

Methodology & sources

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