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Pennsylvania's Child Care Deserts

Where Pennsylvania families can — and can't — find licensed child care, mapped across all 67 counties from public U.S. Census data and the state's open child care data. Darker red means more young children per licensed provider.

665,907
PA children under 5
6,543
licensed providers
102
children per provider (statewide)
1
counties with no providers
Blair County — 110 children under 5 per providerBradford County — 182 children under 5 per providerCambria County — 120 children under 5 per providerClarion County — 219 children under 5 per providerElk County — 113 children under 5 per providerIndiana County — 223 children under 5 per providerLackawanna County — 138 children under 5 per providerMifflin County — 219 children under 5 per providerMontour County — 93 children under 5 per providerPotter County — 271 children under 5 per providerSullivan County — 84 children under 5 per providerWarren County — 171 children under 5 per providerArmstrong County — 127 children under 5 per providerAllegheny County — 99 children under 5 per providerBeaver County — 146 children under 5 per providerBucks County — 110 children under 5 per providerCameron County — 82 children under 5 per providerCentre County — 80 children under 5 per providerChester County — 120 children under 5 per providerClearfield County — 115 children under 5 per providerCrawford County — 139 children under 5 per providerDelaware County — 102 children under 5 per providerErie County — 102 children under 5 per providerFayette County — 161 children under 5 per providerFranklin County — 146 children under 5 per providerHuntingdon County — 132 children under 5 per providerJuniata County — 700 children under 5 per providerLawrence County — 141 children under 5 per providerLuzerne County — 116 children under 5 per providerMercer County — 140 children under 5 per providerMonroe County — 109 children under 5 per providerNorthampton County — 124 children under 5 per providerPhiladelphia County — 55 children under 5 per providerSnyder County — 174 children under 5 per providerSomerset County — 128 children under 5 per providerSusquehanna County — 151 children under 5 per providerUnion County — 185 children under 5 per providerVenango County — 157 children under 5 per providerWashington County — 155 children under 5 per providerYork County — 150 children under 5 per providerBerks County — 150 children under 5 per providerButler County — 136 children under 5 per providerCarbon County — 130 children under 5 per providerColumbia County — 117 children under 5 per providerForest County — no licensed providersFulton County — 176 children under 5 per providerLebanon County — 102 children under 5 per providerLycoming County — 126 children under 5 per providerPerry County — 156 children under 5 per providerTioga County — 99 children under 5 per providerWyoming County — 305 children under 5 per providerBedford County — 159 children under 5 per providerClinton County — 163 children under 5 per providerCumberland County — 124 children under 5 per providerDauphin County — 106 children under 5 per providerGreene County — 102 children under 5 per providerJefferson County — 207 children under 5 per providerLancaster County — 164 children under 5 per providerLehigh County — 61 children under 5 per providerMcKean County — 170 children under 5 per providerSchuylkill County — 139 children under 5 per providerWayne County — 95 children under 5 per providerWestmoreland County — 149 children under 5 per providerMontgomery County — 102 children under 5 per providerNorthumberland County — 142 children under 5 per providerPike County — 198 children under 5 per providerAdams County — 130 children under 5 per provider

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

No licensed providersOver 170 children per provider147–170127–146103–126Under 102 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Juniata1,4002700
Wyoming1,2214305
Potter8123271
Indiana3,79517223
Clarion1,7508219
Mifflin2,85313219
Jefferson2,27711207
Pike2,38112198
Union1,85210185
Bradford3,28218182
Fulton7044176
Snyder2,09112174

Methodology & sources

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