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Oregon's Child Care Deserts

Where Oregon 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.

212,485
Oregon children under 5
4,454
licensed providers
48
children per provider (statewide)
0
counties with no providers
Deschutes County — 47 children under 5 per providerJefferson County — 50 children under 5 per providerLake County — 52 children under 5 per providerPolk County — 48 children under 5 per providerWheeler County — 38 children under 5 per providerBenton County — 41 children under 5 per providerClackamas County — 59 children under 5 per providerCoos County — 59 children under 5 per providerCrook County — 62 children under 5 per providerGilliam County — 28 children under 5 per providerHood River County — 33 children under 5 per providerJackson County — 47 children under 5 per providerJosephine County — 61 children under 5 per providerLane County — 48 children under 5 per providerLinn County — 59 children under 5 per providerMorrow County — 79 children under 5 per providerMultnomah County — 35 children under 5 per providerUmatilla County — 56 children under 5 per providerWasco County — 27 children under 5 per providerYamhill County — 69 children under 5 per providerColumbia County — 61 children under 5 per providerGrant County — 78 children under 5 per providerMarion County — 49 children under 5 per providerUnion County — 20 children under 5 per providerKlamath County — 90 children under 5 per providerBaker County — 26 children under 5 per providerClatsop County — 71 children under 5 per providerLincoln County — 71 children under 5 per providerCurry County — 52 children under 5 per providerHarney County — 58 children under 5 per providerMalheur County — 48 children under 5 per providerSherman County — 18 children under 5 per providerTillamook County — 54 children under 5 per providerWallowa County — 33 children under 5 per providerWashington County — 53 children under 5 per providerDouglas County — 59 children under 5 per provider

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

No licensed providersOver 61 children per provider57–6149–5636–48Under 35 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Klamath3,9624490
Morrow8671179
Grant312478
Clatsop1,9082771
Lincoln1,9072771
Yamhill5,5268069
Crook1,3032162
Josephine4,1846961
Columbia2,6784461
Clackamas20,83235459
Coos2,8434859
Linn7,38912559

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 Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC), 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.