Cities with the most licensed child care

Metro areas ranked by licensed programs on the state register. Each metro groups the main city with the suburbs around it, as the state files group them.

Licensed programs by metro area

Los Angeles, CA2,550 centers · 3,268 homes5,965

Bronx, NY267 centers · 3,228 homes3,790

Brooklyn, NY969 centers · 1,474 homes2,870

Lawrence, MA667 centers · 1,796 homes2,463

San Diego, CA781 centers · 1,500 homes2,361

Queens, NY481 centers · 1,163 homes1,982

Baltimore, MD870 centers · 946 homes1,816

Philadelphia, PA1,271 centers · 448 homes1,719

Chicago, IL629 centers · 1,044 homes1,673

Denver, CO690 centers · 426 homes1,650

Dorchester, MA596 centers · 1,017 homes1,613

Worcester, MA456 centers · 1,090 homes1,546

Phoenix, AZ1,412 centers · 105 homes1,517

New York, NY463 centers · 675 homes1,386

Irvine, CA753 centers · 531 homes1,382

San Jose, CA528 centers · 797 homes1,375

Brockton, MA559 centers · 792 homes1,351

Oakland, CA563 centers · 710 homes1,331

Springfield, MA370 centers · 918 homes1,288

Miami, FL955 centers · 93 homes1,279

Sacramento, CA436 centers · 790 homes1,262

Riverside, CA397 centers · 837 homes1,261

Silver Spring, MD527 centers · 712 homes1,239

Freeport, NY239 centers · 791 homes1,187

Cicero, IL512 centers · 608 homes1,120

Flint, MI597 centers · 459 homes1,056

Austin, TX551 centers · 314 homes1,049

Columbus, OH873 centers · 131 homes1,030

New Haven, CT431 centers · 475 homes906

Cincinnati, OH592 centers · 307 homes901

Bowie, MD399 centers · 491 homes890

Brentwood, NY209 centers · 535 homes885

Seattle, WA688 centers · 0 homes883

Cleveland, OH736 centers · 133 homes880

Concord, CA318 centers · 466 homes838

Yonkers, NY222 centers · 473 homes838

Muskegon, MI488 centers · 341 homes829

Omaha, NE282 centers · 382 homes793

Tampa, FL427 centers · 317 homes764

Hartford, CT329 centers · 416 homes745

Wilmington, DE383 centers · 357 homes740

San Bernardino, CA345 centers · 368 homes733

Hollywood, FL693 centers · 27 homes733

Rochester, NY120 centers · 510 homes676

Detroit, MI420 centers · 250 homes670

Lansing, MI387 centers · 272 homes659

San Francisco, CA332 centers · 297 homes642

San Mateo, CA294 centers · 297 homes630

Bakersfield, CA171 centers · 445 homes620

Pittsburgh, PA488 centers · 100 homes588

Source: state child care licence registers, program websites and Google business profiles as held by Preschool Index, synced September 2026. Statistics use every licensed program on record, including listings not yet released.

Coverage by metro

Metro	Programs	Centers	Home daycares	With a Google rating	Websites read	Publish tuition	Median published tuition
Los Angeles, CA	5,965	2,550	3,268	32%	1,386	167	$1,183
Bronx, NY	3,790	267	3,228	17%	167	18	$852
Brooklyn, NY	2,870	969	1,474	21%	354	24	$1,597
Lawrence, MA	2,463	667	1,796	14%	306	16	$1,337
San Diego, CA	2,361	781	1,500	24%	508	57	$1,300
Queens, NY	1,982	481	1,163	26%	245	12	$910
Baltimore, MD	1,816	870	946	21%	491	6	$1,003
Philadelphia, PA	1,719	1,271	448	44%	386	0	n/a
Chicago, IL	1,673	629	1,044	23%	226	2	n/a
Denver, CO	1,650	690	426	25%	411	2	n/a
Dorchester, MA	1,613	596	1,017	17%	249	17	$1,842
Worcester, MA	1,546	456	1,090	18%	261	17	$1,500
Phoenix, AZ	1,517	1,412	105	38%	538	45	$758
New York, NY	1,386	463	675	22%	229	5	$1,500
Irvine, CA	1,382	753	531	31%	480	23	$1,100
San Jose, CA	1,375	528	797	28%	374	19	$1,452
Brockton, MA	1,351	559	792	24%	258	16	$1,463
Oakland, CA	1,331	563	710	28%	369	27	$1,705
Springfield, MA	1,288	370	918	12%	143	17	$1,300
Miami, FL	1,279	955	93	53%	381	1	n/a
Sacramento, CA	1,262	436	790	20%	231	24	$1,058
Riverside, CA	1,261	397	837	26%	222	20	$832
Silver Spring, MD	1,239	527	712	25%	445	1	n/a
Freeport, NY	1,187	239	791	37%	208	9	$1,326
Cicero, IL	1,120	512	608	31%	224	6	$1,640
Flint, MI	1,056	597	459	25%	201	4	n/a
Austin, TX	1,049	551	314	42%	573	38	$1,225
Columbus, OH	1,030	873	131	44%	298	24	$982
New Haven, CT	906	431	475	31%	236	7	$1,408
Cincinnati, OH	901	592	307	31%	207	16	$693
Bowie, MD	890	399	491	19%	281	1	n/a
Brentwood, NY	885	209	535	37%	163	5	$1,278
Seattle, WA	883	688	0	41%	333	23	$2,230
Cleveland, OH	880	736	133	43%	233	13	$715
Concord, CA	838	318	466	28%	223	12	$1,170
Yonkers, NY	838	222	473	39%	180	8	$1,395
Muskegon, MI	829	488	341	22%	130	5	$900
Omaha, NE	793	282	382	27%	137	5	$1,153
Tampa, FL	764	427	317	51%	249	1	n/a
Hartford, CT	745	329	416	27%	161	6	$1,321
Wilmington, DE	740	383	357	28%	142	6	$590
San Bernardino, CA	733	345	368	36%	163	33	$997
Hollywood, FL	733	693	27	57%	310	2	n/a
Rochester, NY	676	120	510	16%	58	12	$1,006
Detroit, MI	670	420	250	29%	118	13	$888
Lansing, MI	659	387	272	22%	105	8	$698
San Francisco, CA	642	332	297	29%	182	22	$2,495
San Mateo, CA	630	294	297	27%	175	18	$1,507
Bakersfield, CA	620	171	445	16%	78	6	$943
Pittsburgh, PA	588	488	100	44%	188	1	n/a