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Daycares in California

Child care centers and home daycares in California, town by town, with the ages each one serves, its hours and, where the state publishes it, its inspection record. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares listed
25,828
towns
933
take infants
2,521
accept subsidy
462

Map of California: each dot is a town with daycares, sized by how many are listed

California

Largest towns in California

Los Angeles1,312 daycaresSan Diego963 daycaresSan Francisco648 daycaresSacramento641 daycaresSan Jose639 daycaresBakersfield345 daycaresSanta Maria345 daycaresOakland320 daycaresEl Cajon309 daycaresLong Beach302 daycaresFresno288 daycaresStockton265 daycares

Programs

Programs in California

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
Take infants2,521
Child care centers10,951
Accept subsidy462
In-home daycares14,877
Christian & church daycares959
Montessori schools1,064
Preschools & pre-K3,768
Early morning daycare1,135
Part-time daycare816
Drop-in daycare202
After-school care1,529
Bilingual daycare512
Head Start1,403

The California state record

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division licenses daycares in California.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2021
Cited rules
Citation counts as the state reports them
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the California state records

California

Cost, inspections and ratios in California

Daycare cost in CaliforniaWeekly prices by age and countyWhat California inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in CaliforniaHow many children each adult may care forDaycare tour checklistQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 933 California towns, A to Z

A46 towns
B56 towns
C94 towns
D29 towns
E31 towns
F30 towns
G29 towns
H34 towns
I11 towns
J6 towns
K10 towns
L80 towns
M66 towns
N27 towns
O23 towns
P67 towns
Q4 towns
R57 towns
S122 towns
T34 towns
U5 towns
V18 towns
W49 towns
Y5 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Arizona2,529 daycaresOregon1,972 daycaresNevada587 daycares

Questions

Questions about daycare in California

How many daycares are in California?

25,828 daycares are listed across 933 California towns: 10,951 child care centers and 14,877 home daycares.

Who licenses daycares in California?

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division licenses daycares in California. It publishes its inspections with the citation counts, and we copy them onto each listing.

How many California daycares take infants?

2,521, by the state record or their own description. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

How many California daycares accept child care subsidies?

462 are listed as accepting subsidies. Ask each one whether it has a subsidy spot open now.