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West Virginia's Child Care Deserts

Where West Virginia 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.

89,308
West Virginia children under 5
1,168
licensed providers
76
children per provider (statewide)
1
counties with no providers
Barbour County — 53 children under 5 per providerBraxton County — 129 children under 5 per providerCalhoun County — 259 children under 5 per providerGilmer County — 138 children under 5 per providerKanawha County — 83 children under 5 per providerMarion County — 93 children under 5 per providerMonongalia County — 107 children under 5 per providerPutnam County — 74 children under 5 per providerSummers County — 53 children under 5 per providerWebster County — 77 children under 5 per providerGrant County — 72 children under 5 per providerGreenbrier County — 50 children under 5 per providerHampshire County — 170 children under 5 per providerHarrison County — 118 children under 5 per providerJefferson County — 62 children under 5 per providerLogan County — 200 children under 5 per providerMarshall County — 146 children under 5 per providerMason County — 279 children under 5 per providerMingo County — 120 children under 5 per providerMorgan County — 82 children under 5 per providerOhio County — 69 children under 5 per providerPocahontas County — 67 children under 5 per providerRandolph County — 30 children under 5 per providerRoane County — 213 children under 5 per providerTaylor County — 112 children under 5 per providerTucker County — 25 children under 5 per providerUpshur County — 71 children under 5 per providerWayne County — 129 children under 5 per providerWetzel County — 205 children under 5 per providerWirt County — 122 children under 5 per providerWood County — 108 children under 5 per providerRaleigh County — 44 children under 5 per providerDoddridge County — 148 children under 5 per providerHancock County — 204 children under 5 per providerLincoln County — 151 children under 5 per providerMercer County — 29 children under 5 per providerPleasants County — 121 children under 5 per providerRitchie County — 401 children under 5 per providerTyler County — 79 children under 5 per providerWyoming County — 49 children under 5 per providerBerkeley County — 65 children under 5 per providerBoone County — 349 children under 5 per providerBrooke County — 102 children under 5 per providerCabell County — 70 children under 5 per providerClay County — no licensed providersFayette County — 60 children under 5 per providerMcDowell County — 87 children under 5 per providerMineral County — 94 children under 5 per providerMonroe County — 338 children under 5 per providerPendleton County — 148 children under 5 per providerPreston County — 157 children under 5 per providerNicholas County — 70 children under 5 per providerHardy County — 54 children under 5 per providerJackson County — 136 children under 5 per providerLewis County — 51 children under 5 per provider

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

No licensed providersOver 157 children per provider121–15780–12061–79Under 60 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Ritchie4011401
Boone1,0483349
Monroe6752338
Mason1,3955279
Calhoun2591259
Roane6403213
Wetzel8194205
Hancock1,2236204
Logan1,5978200
Hampshire1,1887170
Preston1,57410157
Lincoln1,0597151

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 West Virginia Department of Human Services, 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.