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Child care violations by state

Countable citations from imported state licensing records. Advisories and technical assistance are excluded. Cross-state violations-per-inspection comparisons are not meaningful for states that emit one row per regulation checked.

2,097,419

Countable violations

1,365,064

Inspections

223,600

Providers

50

Jurisdictions

Violations by state

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Illinois

8,546 providers · 53,564 inspections · Depth 17 yr · 7.09 viol./insp. * · Synced Jul 8, 2026

379,910

New Jersey

4,083 providers · 25,970 inspections · Depth 8.6 yr · 9.12 viol./insp. * · Synced Jul 9, 2026

236,728

Massachusetts

9,104 providers · 54,410 inspections · Depth 6.9 yr · 3.80 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

206,987

Pennsylvania

6,561 providers · 44,506 inspections · Depth 5.9 yr · 4.63 viol./insp. * · Synced Jul 8, 2026

206,184

Kentucky

2,003 providers · 39,944 inspections · Depth 24 yr · 3.33 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 11, 2026

132,840

New York

16,801 providers · 138,153 inspections · Depth 2.9 yr · 0.91 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

125,301

Ohio

8,707 providers · 36,195 inspections · Depth 201 yr · 3.21 viol./insp. * · Synced Jul 8, 2026

116,009

Texas

14,352 providers · 128,462 inspections · Depth 4.9 yr · 0.80 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

103,376

Connecticut

3,160 providers · 20,014 inspections · Depth 4.9 yr · 3.39 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

67,783

North Carolina

5,112 providers · 44,330 inspections · Depth 995 yr · 1.13 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 9, 2026

50,257

Florida

11,813 providers · 95,550 inspections · Depth 3.5 yr · 0.50 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 8, 2026

48,035

California

28,507 providers · 128,579 inspections · Depth 11 yr · 0.36 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 8, 2026

46,454

Colorado

4,508 providers · 20,582 inspections · Depth 1004 yr · 2.21 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 9, 2026

45,396

Missouri

2,692 providers · 22,693 inspections · Depth 2.9 yr · 1.94 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 9, 2026

44,038

Wisconsin

4,687 providers · 16,653 inspections · Depth 2.5 yr · 2.27 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 9, 2026

37,743

Virginia

5,479 providers · 61,001 inspections · Depth 1833 yr · 0.50 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 9, 2026

30,198

Michigan

12,473 providers · 15,110 inspections · Depth 2013 yr · 1.85 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 9, 2026

27,885

Indiana

4,012 providers · 45,207 inspections · Depth 2.9 yr · 0.59 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 9, 2026

26,517

Iowa

3,470 providers · 12,501 inspections · Depth 4.6 yr · 1.61 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 14, 2026

20,108

Washington

7,211 providers · 11,572 inspections · Depth 8.6 yr · 1.68 viol./insp. * · Synced Jul 9, 2026

19,398

Arizona

2,450 providers · 10,308 inspections · Depth 3.1 yr · 1.16 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 9, 2026

11,912

Delaware

1,249 providers · 3,360 inspections · Depth 4.9 yr · 3.52 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

11,835

New Mexico

683 providers · 6,903 inspections · Depth 3.3 yr · 1.59 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 11, 2026

10,946

Alabama

2,403 providers · 10,865 inspections · Depth 7180 yr · 0.96 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 9, 2026

10,474

Oklahoma

2,728 providers · 29,521 inspections · Depth 3 yr · 0.35 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

10,399

South Carolina

2,405 providers · 13,957 inspections · Depth 6.7 yr · 0.74 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 9, 2026

10,265

West Virginia

1,202 providers · 1,475 inspections · Depth 36 yr · 5.09 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

7,504

Rhode Island

1,702 providers · 6,836 inspections · Depth 24 yr · 1.04 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 11, 2026

7,142

Minnesota

7,814 providers · 29,310 inspections · Depth 8.1 yr · 0.24 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 11, 2026

7,056

Maryland

6,645 providers · 9,164 inspections · Depth 2.9 yr · 0.74 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

6,796

Vermont

1,060 providers · 6,655 inspections · Depth 18 yr · 0.99 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

6,608

Georgia

4,479 providers · 1,341 inspections · Depth 5.4 yr · 4.49 viol./insp. * · Synced Jul 9, 2026

6,023

New Hampshire

732 providers · 2,513 inspections · Depth 2.9 yr · 1.61 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

4,058

Idaho

959 providers · 4,085 inspections · Depth 8 yr · 0.78 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

3,195

Louisiana

2,549 providers · 19,706 inspections · Depth 16 yr · 0.15 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

2,940

Tennessee

4,078 providers · 122,834 inspections · Depth 31 yr · 0.02 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 11, 2026

2,131

Utah

2,698 providers · 13,673 inspections · Depth 2.9 yr · 0.14 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 14, 2026

1,972

Hawaii

425 providers · 1,634 inspections · Depth 2.8 yr · 1.19 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 14, 2026

1,949

Arkansas

1,803 providers · 4,413 inspections · Depth 9 mo · 0.31 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

1,349

North Dakota

1,819 providers · 8,451 inspections · Depth 3.5 yr · 0.12 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 11, 2026

1,003

Wyoming

614 providers · 6,844 inspections · Depth 2.9 yr · 0.10 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 11, 2026

715

Alaska

187 providers · 0 inspections · Depth — · Synced Jul 10, 2026

District of Columbia

453 providers · 2,686 inspections · Depth 3.7 yr · 0.00 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 12, 2026

Kansas

797 providers · 0 inspections · Depth — · Synced Jul 14, 2026

Maine

1,412 providers · 6,405 inspections · Depth 3 yr · 0.00 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 11, 2026

Mississippi

1,481 providers · 17,131 inspections · Depth 51 yr · 0.00 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

Montana

1,215 providers · 3,545 inspections · Depth 7.9 yr · 0.00 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

Nebraska

2,726 providers · 0 inspections · Depth — · Synced Jul 10, 2026

Nevada

512 providers · 3,449 inspections · Depth 10 yr · 0.00 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

South Dakota

1,039 providers · 3,004 inspections · Depth 4 yr · 0.00 viol./insp. · Synced Jul 10, 2026

* States marked with an asterisk often record one row per cited regulation or standard (not one finding per inspection). Compare violations-per-inspection only within the same state. See methodology and transparency scorecard.