Licensed child care supply vs. the young-child population, by ZIP-based neighborhood. 11,020 programs.
The default map uses only current data (home-based day cares, updated July 2026). Switch to “All early-childhood slots” to add day-care centers — but that layer is an April 2023 snapshot (the city's public center dataset stopped updating then) and makes up ~58% of early-childhood capacity. Details →
| Borough | Home‑based | +Centers (2023) | Kids <5 |
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Home-based slots = licensed capacity of family and group-family day cares (home settings, serve roughly under 5). Per 100 = slots per 100 children under age 5. Capacity is licensed maximum, not enrollment. Neighborhoods are Modified ZCTAs. On this current-data view the Bronx (50 per 100) dwarfs every other borough (11–14); adding the 2023 centers narrows but doesn't erase its lead. Sources: NYS OCFS (home-based & school-age, July 2026) & NYC DOHMH (centers, April 2023); U.S. Census ACS 2019–2023. Full methodology →