Industry · NAICS 6244

Child day care services

The United States has 82,162 employer establishments in child day care services (2.4 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,045,052 people at an average annual pay of $29,695, plus 537,849 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
82,162
537,849 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
2.4
Paid employees
1,045,052
Average annual pay
$29,695

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Child day care services by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Ottawa, IL146,200818,2750.50.22×65$33,862158
2Morristown, TN124,431815,5540.60.26×337$21,237116
3Show Low, AZ109,197912,1330.80.34×58$26,67290
4Flagstaff, AZ144,5541212,0460.80.34×219$23,97366
5Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ249,1002111,8620.80.35×192$26,708134
6Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ223,5862011,1790.90.37×208$27,740135
7Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC233,6832111,1280.90.37×253$29,174189
8Santa Fe, NM156,3791510,42510.39×211$36,20973
9Punta Gorda, FL206,8142010,34110.40×233$28,039110
10Johnson City, TN213,3242110,15810.40×200$24,005142
11St. George, UT202,9532010,14810.40×224$23,362140
12Wildwood-The Villages, FL151,8891510,12610.40×119$22,88286
13Decatur, IL100,3641010,03610.41×272$27,904314
14Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY125,061139,62010.43×231$28,554250
15Gainesville, GA218,510239,5001.10.43×413$26,211289
16Rockford, IL335,084369,3081.10.44×510$31,0841,257
17Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV2,351,0082549,2561.10.44×3,825$29,7494,603
18Winchester, VA-WV147,712169,2321.10.44×157$20,204119
19Naples-Marco Island, FL411,435459,1431.10.45×996$29,426391
20Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA127,308149,0931.10.45×232$28,90590
21Albertville, AL101,307128,4421.20.49×156$24,63599
22Homosassa Springs, FL166,667208,3331.20.49×281$24,584116
23Ocala, FL412,300508,2461.20.50×745$28,646512
24Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA312,656388,2281.20.50×501$23,132214
25Sandusky, OH113,596148,1141.20.51×154$19,974155

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $16.9M on contracts under NAICS 6244 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (31 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$7.9M47%
    1 award
  2. Tulsa, OK$7.7M46%
    3 awards
  3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$958.2K5.7%
    4 awards
  4. Chillicothe, OH$243.2K1.4%
    1 award
  5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$117.3K0.7%
    1 award
  6. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$112.5K0.7%
    1 award
  7. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$16.4K0.1%
    2 awards
  8. Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$12.8K0.1%
    1 award
  9. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$9,9290.1%
    1 award
  10. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$9,6300.1%
    1 award

Counties

  1. San Diego County, CA$7.9M47%
    1 award
  2. Tulsa County, OK$7.7M46%
    3 awards
  3. District of Columbia, DC$941.8K5.6%
    2 awards
  4. Ross County, OH$243.2K1.4%
    1 award
  5. King County, WA$117.3K0.7%
    1 award
  6. Middlesex County, MA$112.5K0.7%
    1 award
  7. Burlington County, NJ$16.4K0.1%
    2 awards
  8. Arlington County, VA$16.4K0.1%
    2 awards
  9. Putnam County, WV$12.8K0.1%
    1 award
  10. Durham County, NC$9,9290.1%
    1 award

Cities and towns

  1. San Diego city, CA$7.9M47%
    1 award
  2. Tulsa city, OK$7.7M46%
    3 awards
  3. Washington city, DC$941.8K5.6%
    2 awards
  4. Seattle city, WA$96.8K0.6%
    1 award
  5. Arlington CDP, VA$16.4K0.1%
    2 awards
  6. Tukwila city, WA$11.8K0.1%
    1 award
  7. Fort Dix CDP, NJ$9,0450.1%
    2 awards
  8. Boulevard Park CDP, WA$8,2910.0%
    1 award
  9. Durham city, NC$8,0530.0%
    1 award
  10. Montgomery city, AL$7,8750.0%
    1 award

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)