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Interactive: Where Are the Child Care Deserts?

This interactive map displays the locations of the nation’s child care deserts, which contain 42 percent of the children under age 5 across eight states.

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Authors

Rasheed Malik

Senior Director, Early Childhood Policy

Katie Hamm

Vice President, Early Childhood Policy

Maryam Adamu

Research Associate