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Utah's Child Care Deserts

Where Utah 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.

238,146
Utah children under 5
1,988
licensed providers
120
children per provider (statewide)
3
counties with no providers
Davis County — 172 children under 5 per providerMorgan County — 398 children under 5 per providerPiute County — no licensed providersSalt Lake County — 90 children under 5 per providerWasatch County — 140 children under 5 per providerBeaver County — 71 children under 5 per providerCarbon County — 76 children under 5 per providerDaggett County — no licensed providersDuchesne County — 94 children under 5 per providerGrand County — 46 children under 5 per providerJuab County — 230 children under 5 per providerSanpete County — 92 children under 5 per providerSummit County — 79 children under 5 per providerTooele County — 100 children under 5 per providerUtah County — 212 children under 5 per providerWeber County — 112 children under 5 per providerSan Juan County — 109 children under 5 per providerMillard County — 479 children under 5 per providerRich County — no licensed providersSevier County — 53 children under 5 per providerWayne County — 55 children under 5 per providerCache County — 114 children under 5 per providerGarfield County — 71 children under 5 per providerEmery County — 206 children under 5 per providerIron County — 87 children under 5 per providerKane County — 429 children under 5 per providerBox Elder County — 114 children under 5 per providerUintah County — 198 children under 5 per providerWashington County — 107 children under 5 per provider

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

No licensed providersOver 206 children per provider115–20695–11477–94Under 76 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Millard9582479
Kane4291429
Morgan7972398
Juab9214230
Utah59,337280212
Emery6173206
Uintah2,77714198
Davis26,804156172
Wasatch2,24716140
Cache10,57393114
Box Elder4,45939114
Weber18,303163112

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 Utah Office of Child Care Licensing (DHHS), 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.