Rankings · Money

Lowest childcare by state

Infant childcare / yr.

Center-based, 2023–24

  1. 1Mississippi$6,868
  2. 2Alabama$7,871
  3. 3South Dakota$8,680
  4. 4Kentucky$8,756
  5. 5Arkansas$8,873
  6. 6Louisiana$8,873
  7. 7Kansas$9,105
  8. 8Wyoming$9,327
  9. 9Iowa$9,605
  10. 10Idaho$9,630
  11. 11West Virginia$9,692
  12. 12Michigan$10,023
  13. 13Texas$10,706
  14. 14South Carolina$11,512
  15. 15North Carolina$11,720
  16. 16Georgia$11,863
  17. 17Tennessee$12,249
  18. 18North Dakota$12,373
  19. 19Oklahoma$12,468
  20. 20Montana$12,778
  21. 21Florida$13,021
  22. 22Utah$13,094
  23. 23Missouri$13,173
  24. 24Maine$13,310
  25. 25Pennsylvania$13,354
  26. 26Nebraska$14,106
  27. 27New Mexico$14,244
  28. 28Virginia$14,277
  29. 29Indiana$14,471
  30. 30Arizona$15,625
  31. 31Nevada$15,950
  32. 32Illinois$16,107
  33. 33Delaware$16,220
  34. 34Rhode Island$16,758
  35. 35Wisconsin$16,956
  36. 36Ohio$17,071
  37. 37New York$17,361
  38. 38New Hampshire$17,364
  39. 39New Jersey$18,155
  40. 40Vermont$18,836
  41. 41Maryland$18,946
  42. 42Oregon$19,064
  43. 43Connecticut$20,254
  44. 44Washington$20,677
  45. 45Alaska$20,943
  46. 46Hawaii$21,167
  47. 47Colorado$21,840
  48. 48California$21,945
  49. 49Minnesota$22,569
  50. 50Massachusetts$26,709
  51. 51District of Columbia$28,356
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Source: EPI / Child Care Aware. · How this is built