Total Number Of Child Care Facilities (2018–2025)

Definition

Annual count of child care centers from January of each year. The total value is a sum of Child Care Centers and Family Child Care Homes counts.

Data Source

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education.

Note from DCDEE: Our data is collected/updated at licensing visits in a rolling manner. At any point that the data is pulled it represents a snapshot from that date and the data for any individual facility can be anywhere from 1-364 days out of date.

Notes

Data accessed December 2025.

Last Updated

2025-12