Infant Daycare in Mississippi
Full-time infant care at a center costs a median of $118 a week in the middle Mississippi county (2022). Each listing shows the ages its state record gives; ask each daycare the youngest age it takes.
- daycares that take infants listed
- 86
- towns
- 43
- towns have their own infant daycare page
- 8
- of all Mississippi daycares
- 8%
Map of Mississippi: each dot is a town with daycares that take infants, sized by how many are listed
Infant care
Infant care in Mississippi: costs
- Infant care at a center, per week, in the middle Mississippi county (2022)
- $118
- The median of 82 county medians, from $110 in the lowest county to $155 in the highest.
Mississippi
Largest towns for infant daycare in Mississippi
Programs
Programs in Mississippi
Counts come from each daycare's name and what it says it offers; the state license list is not on DaycarePal yet. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.
| Program | Listed |
|---|---|
| All daycares | 1,098 |
| Take infants | 86 |
| Child care centers | 1,094 |
| Accept subsidy | 8 |
| In-home daycares | 4 |
| Christian & church daycares | 117 |
| Montessori schools | 20 |
| Preschools & pre-K | 137 |
| Early morning daycare | 327 |
| Part-time daycare | 19 |
| Drop-in daycare | 12 |
| Head Start | 177 |
The Mississippi license list
Mississippi State Department of Health, Child Care Facilities Licensure licenses daycares in Mississippi. The Mississippi license list is not on DaycarePal yet.
- Listings
- From public business listings: the name, address, phone, website and hours each business publishes
- License
- No license record is matched to these listings yet; that does not mean a daycare is unlicensed
- Inspections
- Not on these listings; check the state's own search
Before you enroll
Choosing infant care in Mississippi
- 1
Ask about the waitlist
Infant spots fill first. Ask how long the waitlist is and whether you can join it before your baby is born.
- 2
How many babies each caregiver has
Ask how many infants one caregiver looks after, and whether the same caregiver is there each day.
- 3
Safe sleep
Ask where and how babies nap. Where the state publishes inspections, every visit with a sleep rule cited is on the listing's state record.
- 4
Feeding and the daily log
Ask how bottles and breast milk are handled, and how you will hear about feeds, naps and diapers each day.
Mississippi
Cost, inspections and ratios in Mississippi
A to Z
All 43 Mississippi towns with infant daycare, A to Z
D1 town
- D'Iberville1 take infants
G2 towns
- Greenville1 take infants
- Gulfport7 take infants
H3 towns
- Hattiesburg4 take infants
- Hernando2 take infants
- Horn Lake2 take infants
I1 town
- Itta Bena1 take infants
J1 town
- Jackson14 take infants
N3 towns
- Natchez1 take infants
- Nesbit1 take infants
- New Albany1 take infants
O3 towns
- Ocean Springs2 take infants
- Olive Branch4 take infants
- Oxford1 take infants
P4 towns
- Pascagoula1 take infants
- Pearl1 take infants
- Petal1 take infants
- Picayune1 take infants
S4 towns
- Shannon1 take infants
- Southaven4 take infants
- Stennis Space Center1 take infants
- Sumrall1 take infants
T1 town
- Tupelo4 take infants
V1 town
- Vicksburg2 take infants
W3 towns
- Water Valley1 take infants
- West Point1 take infants
- Wiggins1 take infants
No town on this list matches. Check the spelling, or search by ZIP code above.
Nearby
Nearby states
Questions
Questions about infant daycare in Mississippi
How many daycares that take infants are in Mississippi?
86 daycares that take infants are listed in 43 Mississippi towns. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.
Which Mississippi town has the most daycares that take infants?
Jackson, with 14 listed. Next are Gulfport (7) and Hattiesburg (4).
How much does infant daycare cost in Mississippi?
In the middle Mississippi county, full-time infant care at a center cost $118 a week in 2022 (U.S. Department of Labor). Each town page shows its own county.
How young a baby do daycares in Mississippi take?
The Mississippi license list we load does not give a starting age, so ask each daycare the youngest age it takes.
Who licenses daycares in Mississippi?
Mississippi State Department of Health, Child Care Facilities Licensure licenses daycares in Mississippi. Its license list is not on DaycarePal yet, so the listings here come from public business listings and show no license or inspection record. Use the state's own search, linked on this page, to check a daycare's license.