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Access – Childcare Centers

This indicator reports the number of childcare centers per 1,000 population under 5 years old. Data are acquired from the 2010-2022 Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) and are used in the 2025 County Health Rankings.

Source

Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data, 2010-2022.

Source Description

The HIFLD Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) Subcommittee was established in 2002 to address improvements in collection, processing, sharing and protection of National geospatial information across multiple levels of government in order to help provide a common foundation for data visualization and analysis.

Methodology

Childcare centers data was acquired from the University of Wisconsin’s County Health Rankings (CHR). This measure represents the number of childcare centers per 1,000 population under 5 years old. CHR uses 2010-2022 data from the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD). For more information, please review the information here.

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