By the Numbers: Child Care in Wisconsin
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Percentage of family child care homes that are nationally accredited.
15
Percentage of center-based child care programs that are nationally credited.
514
Number of school-aged programs.
1,764
Number of family child care homes.
7,880
Number of child care workers in center-based programs.
21,280
Average annual income of child care workers.
46,816
Number of working mothers with infants less then one year old.
71,868
Number of children age birth to 4 years living in poverty.
106,625
Number of children in single-parent families with the parent in the labor force.
126,099
Number of single working mothers.
161,418
Total number of spaces in Wisconsin child care programs.
182,897
Number of children in two-parent families with both parents in the labor force.
217,036
Number of single-parent families.
289,522
Total number of children below the age of 6 potentially needing child care.
329,915
Number of married working mothers.
338,837
Number of children age birth to 4 years.
512,219
Number of children age 5 to 11.
634,411
Total number of families with children.
Source: Child Care Aware of America