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Child care centers and home daycares in every listed town across 50 states and DC, with the ages each one serves, its hours and, where the state publishes it, its inspection record. Most come from state license records.

daycares listed
210,469
towns
16,969
child care centers
127,937
home daycares
82,532

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State license recordInspection records
What puts a daycare on this listA current child care license or registration in the state's own records, or, where no state license record is available, a public business listing as a daycare.A daycare missing from this list may still be licensed; check the state's own search.

By state

Daycares by state

Pick a state on the map or in the list to see its towns, A to Z.

Map of US states shaded by number of daycares. The list of states below links to each state page.

Under 1,0001,000+2,000+6,000+8,000+Not listed yet
Alabama2,286Alaska377Arizona2,529Arkansas2,215California25,828Colorado4,335Connecticut3,228Delaware1,189District of Columbia452Florida10,171Georgia6,150Hawaii685Idaho924Illinois8,493Indiana2,967Iowa3,122Kansas1,063Kentucky2,445Louisiana2,503Maine1,365Maryland6,602Massachusetts8,884Michigan7,685Minnesota7,811Mississippi1,098Missouri2,614Montana1,163Nebraska2,629Nevada587New Hampshire506New Jersey4,080New Mexico709New York18,819North Carolina6,565North Dakota395Ohio8,684Oklahoma2,625Oregon1,972Pennsylvania6,471Rhode Island429South Carolina2,292South Dakota698Tennessee3,955Texas14,306Utah1,749Vermont1,041Virginia4,997Washington2,500West Virginia1,183Wisconsin4,607Wyoming486
Top 10 states
Top 10 statesListed
California25,828
New York18,819
Texas14,306
Florida10,171
Massachusetts8,884
Ohio8,684
Illinois8,493
Minnesota7,811
Michigan7,685
Maryland6,602
Listed daycares per state, October 2026.

Towns

Largest towns

Bronx, NY3,937 daycaresBrooklyn, NY2,954 daycaresChicago, IL2,354 daycaresMilwaukee, WI1,752 daycaresPhiladelphia, PA1,656 daycaresHouston, TX1,469 daycaresNew York, NY1,405 daycaresLos Angeles, CA1,312 daycaresCincinnati, OH1,069 daycaresBaltimore, MD1,002 daycaresSan Diego, CA963 daycaresMiami, FL852 daycares

Before you enroll

Choosing a daycare

  1. 1

    Check the license first

    Read a listing's state license, status, capacity and ages before you call. Where no license record is matched yet, the listing links the state's own search.

  2. 2

    Center or home

    Both are listed: child care centers and home daycares. They differ in group size, hours and setting.

  3. 3

    Ask about cost

    Few daycares post prices. Each listing shows the county median from the U.S. Department of Labor where it has one.

  4. 4

    Visit before you enroll

    Go during the day, watch a room at work and bring your questions.

Other programs

Infant daycare73,843In-home daycares82,532Montessori schools5,643Christian & church daycares12,236Preschools & pre-K105,148Affordable daycare51,74524-hour daycare1,068Night daycare9,508Early morning daycare42,925Weekend daycare3,587Part-time daycare7,360Drop-in daycare1,785After-school care90,135Bilingual daycare2,549Head Start10,675Florida VPK5,453

Questions

Questions about daycare near me

How many daycares are listed?

Over 200,000 daycares in over 15,000 US towns across 50 states and DC. Most come from state license records; the rest come from public business listings. Each state and town page shows its own count.

Are all of these daycares licensed?

Not all are confirmed. Most listings come from the state's own child care license records and show the license type and status as the state publishes it. In Kansas, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon and Rhode Island, the state's license list is not on DaycarePal yet, so listings there come from public business listings; each of those pages says that no license record is matched yet.

How is the list sorted?

Providers on paid plans are listed first, then A to Z by name. We do not rank daycares.

Can I see a daycare's inspections?

Yes, in the 26 states whose inspection records we carry. In other states, use the state's own search, linked on each state page.