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Washington's Child Care Deserts

Where Washington families can — and can't — find licensed child care, mapped across all 39 counties from public U.S. Census data and the state's open child care data. Darker red means more young children per licensed provider.

421,127
PA children under 5
2,501
licensed providers
168
children per provider (statewide)
1
counties with no providers
Columbia County — 179 children under 5 per providerFranklin County — 232 children under 5 per providerLewis County — 266 children under 5 per providerMason County — 242 children under 5 per providerStevens County — 287 children under 5 per providerAdams County — 904 children under 5 per providerAsotin County — 101 children under 5 per providerBenton County — 216 children under 5 per providerCowlitz County — 224 children under 5 per providerDouglas County — 521 children under 5 per providerFerry County — 156 children under 5 per providerGarfield County — no licensed providersGrant County — 308 children under 5 per providerIsland County — 169 children under 5 per providerKittitas County — 154 children under 5 per providerKlickitat County — 204 children under 5 per providerSkamania County — 235 children under 5 per providerWhitman County — 218 children under 5 per providerClark County — 203 children under 5 per providerKitsap County — 178 children under 5 per providerKing County — 128 children under 5 per providerLincoln County — 560 children under 5 per providerPend Oreille County — 164 children under 5 per providerPierce County — 183 children under 5 per providerSpokane County — 182 children under 5 per providerThurston County — 165 children under 5 per providerWahkiakum County — 175 children under 5 per providerYakima County — 173 children under 5 per providerChelan County — 179 children under 5 per providerOkanogan County — 116 children under 5 per providerJefferson County — 875 children under 5 per providerPacific County — 117 children under 5 per providerSan Juan County — 69 children under 5 per providerSnohomish County — 212 children under 5 per providerWalla Walla County — 184 children under 5 per providerWhatcom County — 141 children under 5 per providerSkagit County — 180 children under 5 per providerClallam County — 122 children under 5 per providerGrays Harbor County — 180 children under 5 per provider

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

No licensed providersOver 242 children per provider204–242180–203155–179Under 154 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Adams1,8092904
Jefferson8751875
Lincoln5601560
Douglas2,6055521
Grant7,09423308
Stevens2,2998287
Lewis4,78318266
Mason3,38714242
Skamania4702235
Franklin7,41532232
Cowlitz6,26928224
Whitman1,9589218

Methodology & sources

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