# Licensed child care seats by county in Texas

Source: https://backpr.com/resources/child-care-seats-by-county/texas. Last updated: 2026-11-08.

For each Texas county: the licensed capacity of child care centers and school-age programs, compared with the number of children ages 0 to 13. Statewide there are 19.4 seats for every 100 children. Among the 63 counties with at least 10,000 children, Liberty County has the fewest (5.8) and Williamson County the most (31.9).

## Findings
- Liberty County has 1,605 licensed child care seats for 27,716 children ages 0 to 13: 5.8 per 100, less than a third of the statewide 19.4. Adding family child care homes barely changes it (6.0).
- 18 of 254 Texas counties have no licensed child care center or school-age program. In 13 of them, home to 2,719 children, the state lists no licensed, registered or listed child care provider of any kind.
- Webb County (Laredo), with 63,230 children, has 11.6 seats per 100 children, the lowest of any Texas county with more than 50,000 children.

## Counties
| County | Children 0 to 13 | Center and school-age seats | Per 100 children | Per 100, with family homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | 8,258 | 1,500 | 18.2 | 18.4 |
| Andrews County | 4,476 | 686 | 15.3 | 15.6 |
| Angelina County | 16,125 | 4,004 | 24.8 | 24.9 |
| Aransas County | 3,349 | 538 | 16.1 | 16.9 |
| Archer County | 1,544 | 168 | 10.9 | 11.5 |
| Armstrong County | 304 | 39 | 12.8 | 16.8 |
| Atascosa County | 10,770 | 1,009 | 9.4 | 9.7 |
| Austin County | 5,693 | 1,018 | 17.9 | 18.1 |
| Bailey County | 1,705 | 158 | 9.3 | 9.4 |
| Bandera County | 2,966 | 321 | 10.8 | 10.8 |
| Bastrop County | 22,483 | 3,407 | 15.2 | 15.8 |
| Baylor County | 624 | 115 | 18.4 | 18.4 |
| Bee County | 4,378 | 474 | 10.8 | 11.2 |
| Bell County | 82,436 | 15,404 | 18.7 | 19.8 |
| Bexar County | 393,654 | 64,651 | 16.4 | 17.1 |
| Blanco County | 1,698 | 230 | 13.5 | 13.5 |
| Borden County | 89 | 13 | 14.6 | 14.6 |
| Bosque County | 2,783 | 169 | 6.1 | 7.2 |
| Bowie County | 16,344 | 3,917 | 24.0 | 24.3 |
| Brazoria County | 77,615 | 20,827 | 26.8 | 27.5 |
| Brazos County | 38,462 | 8,044 | 20.9 | 21.8 |
| Brewster County | 1,224 | 150 | 12.3 | 14.5 |
| Briscoe County | 233 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Brooks County | 1,217 | 238 | 19.6 | 19.6 |
| Brown County | 5,834 | 809 | 13.9 | 15.1 |
| Burleson County | 3,542 | 442 | 12.5 | 13.0 |
| Burnet County | 8,691 | 1,757 | 20.2 | 20.4 |
| Caldwell County | 9,946 | 762 | 7.7 | 7.9 |
| Calhoun County | 3,309 | 968 | 29.3 | 29.7 |
| Callahan County | 2,348 | 282 | 12.0 | 13.8 |
| Cameron County | 87,527 | 13,337 | 15.2 | 15.4 |
| Camp County | 2,709 | 239 | 8.8 | 9.6 |
| Carson County | 960 | 52 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Cass County | 4,776 | 443 | 9.3 | 9.3 |
| Castro County | 1,505 | 147 | 9.8 | 10.6 |
| Chambers County | 11,768 | 2,110 | 17.9 | 18.1 |
| Cherokee County | 10,216 | 954 | 9.3 | 9.6 |
| Childress County | 943 | 87 | 9.2 | 12.1 |
| Clay County | 1,654 | 134 | 8.1 | 10.3 |
| Cochran County | 551 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Coke County | 551 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Coleman County | 1,194 | 111 | 9.3 | 11.8 |
| Collin County | 234,013 | 72,654 | 31.0 | 32.1 |
| Collingsworth County | 440 | 47 | 10.7 | 13.4 |
| Colorado County | 3,731 | 899 | 24.1 | 24.1 |
| Comal County | 33,836 | 5,130 | 15.2 | 15.7 |
| Comanche County | 2,346 | 71 | 3.0 | 4.2 |
| Concho County | 300 | 65 | 21.7 | 21.7 |
| Cooke County | 7,716 | 1,371 | 17.8 | 18.8 |
| Coryell County | 14,973 | 2,037 | 13.6 | 13.9 |
| Cottle County | 150 | 72 | 48.0 | 48.0 |
| Crane County | 1,020 | 120 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
| Crockett County | 486 | 114 | 23.5 | 23.5 |
| Crosby County | 856 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| Culberson County | 373 | 59 | 15.8 | 15.8 |
| Dallam County | 1,970 | 33 | 1.7 | 4.1 |
| Dallas County | 489,702 | 89,541 | 18.3 | 18.9 |
| Dawson County | 2,233 | 240 | 10.7 | 11.3 |
| Deaf Smith County | 4,299 | 407 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| Delta County | 1,054 | 29 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| Denton County | 182,425 | 42,582 | 23.3 | 24.6 |
| DeWitt County | 3,337 | 522 | 15.6 | 17.1 |
| Dickens County | 249 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Dimmit County | 1,713 | 369 | 21.5 | 21.7 |
| Donley County | 460 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| Duval County | 1,731 | 282 | 16.3 | 16.3 |
| Eastland County | 2,877 | 233 | 8.1 | 9.0 |
| Ector County | 40,083 | 5,546 | 13.8 | 14.1 |
| Edwards County | 237 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| El Paso County | 159,696 | 23,688 | 14.8 | 15.6 |
| Ellis County | 46,984 | 8,069 | 17.2 | 17.7 |
| Erath County | 6,672 | 781 | 11.7 | 12.3 |
| Falls County | 2,852 | 184 | 6.5 | 7.1 |
| Fannin County | 5,969 | 607 | 10.2 | 10.5 |
| Fayette County | 3,997 | 541 | 13.5 | 14.9 |
| Fisher County | 597 | 18 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Floyd County | 894 | 193 | 21.6 | 21.6 |
| Foard County | 147 | 83 | 56.5 | 56.5 |
| Fort Bend County | 185,423 | 49,852 | 26.9 | 27.9 |
| Franklin County | 1,761 | 99 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Freestone County | 3,355 | 208 | 6.2 | 7.5 |
| Frio County | 3,865 | 582 | 15.1 | 15.4 |
| Gaines County | 6,768 | 537 | 7.9 | 8.3 |
| Galveston County | 62,550 | 14,893 | 23.8 | 24.1 |
| Garza County | 641 | 97 | 15.1 | 17.0 |
| Gillespie County | 4,120 | 567 | 13.8 | 14.7 |
| Glasscock County | 227 | 37 | 16.3 | 16.3 |
| Goliad County | 1,161 | 110 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| Gonzales County | 4,002 | 407 | 10.2 | 10.3 |
| Gray County | 3,721 | 740 | 19.9 | 19.9 |
| Grayson County | 27,614 | 4,176 | 15.1 | 15.9 |
| Gregg County | 23,175 | 5,791 | 25.0 | 25.6 |
| Grimes County | 5,768 | 1,086 | 18.8 | 19.7 |
| Guadalupe County | 35,701 | 6,128 | 17.2 | 18.3 |
| Hale County | 5,625 | 693 | 12.3 | 13.4 |
| Hall County | 425 | 12 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Hamilton County | 1,385 | 235 | 17.0 | 18.9 |
| Hansford County | 993 | 71 | 7.2 | 8.1 |
| Hardeman County | 563 | 168 | 29.8 | 32.5 |
| Hardin County | 10,726 | 2,062 | 19.2 | 19.5 |
| Harris County | 962,770 | 194,121 | 20.2 | 21.0 |
| Harrison County | 12,178 | 1,697 | 13.9 | 14.4 |
| Hartley County | 780 | 150 | 19.2 | 20.0 |
| Haskell County | 794 | 116 | 14.6 | 16.1 |
| Hays County | 51,224 | 10,152 | 19.8 | 20.6 |
| Hemphill County | 542 | 98 | 18.1 | 18.6 |
| Henderson County | 14,166 | 2,587 | 18.3 | 18.5 |
| Hidalgo County | 201,569 | 32,564 | 16.2 | 16.5 |
| Hill County | 6,932 | 341 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| Hockley County | 4,271 | 308 | 7.2 | 7.6 |
| Hood County | 10,481 | 1,712 | 16.3 | 17.0 |
| Hopkins County | 6,999 | 644 | 9.2 | 10.0 |
| Houston County | 3,253 | 468 | 14.4 | 15.2 |
| Howard County | 5,544 | 884 | 15.9 | 16.0 |
| Hudspeth County | 498 | 51 | 10.2 | 10.2 |
| Hunt County | 23,714 | 2,976 | 12.5 | 12.9 |
| Hutchinson County | 3,389 | 467 | 13.8 | 14.4 |
| Irion County | 240 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jack County | 1,406 | 143 | 10.2 | 11.0 |
| Jackson County | 2,843 | 430 | 15.1 | 18.9 |
| Jasper County | 5,672 | 984 | 17.3 | 18.1 |
| Jeff Davis County | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jefferson County | 46,420 | 9,623 | 20.7 | 21.3 |
| Jim Hogg County | 874 | 184 | 21.1 | 24.1 |
| Jim Wells County | 7,834 | 951 | 12.1 | 12.2 |
| Johnson County | 41,393 | 4,546 | 11.0 | 11.4 |
| Jones County | 2,565 | 72 | 2.8 | 5.1 |
| Karnes County | 2,110 | 169 | 8.0 | 8.9 |
| Kaufman County | 46,943 | 6,083 | 13.0 | 14.0 |
| Kendall County | 8,519 | 2,046 | 24.0 | 24.8 |
| Kenedy County | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kent County | 77 | 77 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Kerr County | 7,320 | 1,328 | 18.1 | 18.2 |
| Kimble County | 627 | 95 | 15.2 | 16.1 |
| King County | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kinney County | 432 | 23 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Kleberg County | 5,444 | 931 | 17.1 | 17.9 |
| Knox County | 560 | 62 | 11.1 | 15.4 |
| La Salle County | 984 | 71 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| Lamar County | 9,495 | 1,563 | 16.5 | 17.3 |
| Lamb County | 2,395 | 91 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| Lampasas County | 3,607 | 184 | 5.1 | 6.8 |
| Lavaca County | 3,456 | 539 | 15.6 | 18.0 |
| Lee County | 3,013 | 414 | 13.7 | 14.6 |
| Leon County | 2,914 | 282 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
| Liberty County | 27,716 | 1,605 | 5.8 | 6.0 |
| Limestone County | 3,942 | 528 | 13.4 | 14.3 |
| Lipscomb County | 505 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| Live Oak County | 1,649 | 95 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| Llano County | 2,798 | 238 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
| Loving County | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lubbock County | 57,217 | 14,072 | 24.6 | 25.3 |
| Lynn County | 1,337 | 38 | 2.8 | 5.8 |
| Madison County | 2,331 | 223 | 9.6 | 11.5 |
| Marion County | 1,282 | 175 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
| Martin County | 1,145 | 99 | 8.6 | 9.7 |
| Mason County | 570 | 112 | 19.6 | 20.2 |
| Matagorda County | 7,008 | 1,182 | 16.9 | 17.3 |
| Maverick County | 13,809 | 1,896 | 13.7 | 14.3 |
| McCulloch County | 1,121 | 78 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| McLennan County | 48,995 | 10,702 | 21.8 | 22.7 |
| McMullen County | 98 | 31 | 31.6 | 31.6 |
| Medina County | 9,748 | 1,254 | 12.9 | 13.4 |
| Menard County | 262 | 28 | 10.7 | 10.7 |
| Midland County | 43,234 | 10,553 | 24.4 | 24.8 |
| Milam County | 4,379 | 503 | 11.5 | 12.2 |
| Mills County | 643 | 33 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Mitchell County | 1,221 | 176 | 14.4 | 15.4 |
| Montague County | 3,490 | 248 | 7.1 | 7.8 |
| Montgomery County | 149,105 | 27,406 | 18.4 | 18.8 |
| Moore County | 5,134 | 377 | 7.3 | 7.8 |
| Morris County | 2,039 | 223 | 10.9 | 11.5 |
| Motley County | 180 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nacogdoches County | 11,121 | 1,897 | 17.1 | 17.7 |
| Navarro County | 10,947 | 1,537 | 14.0 | 14.5 |
| Newton County | 1,799 | 110 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Nolan County | 2,530 | 432 | 17.1 | 17.3 |
| Nueces County | 61,966 | 11,560 | 18.7 | 19.3 |
| Ochiltree County | 1,953 | 120 | 6.1 | 8.1 |
| Oldham County | 210 | 51 | 24.3 | 30.0 |
| Orange County | 16,090 | 3,806 | 23.7 | 24.3 |
| Palo Pinto County | 5,395 | 586 | 10.9 | 11.5 |
| Panola County | 3,945 | 638 | 16.2 | 16.5 |
| Parker County | 33,702 | 5,844 | 17.3 | 17.6 |
| Parmer County | 2,037 | 80 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| Pecos County | 2,567 | 318 | 12.4 | 12.9 |
| Polk County | 8,079 | 1,218 | 15.1 | 15.2 |
| Potter County | 21,691 | 3,923 | 18.1 | 18.9 |
| Presidio County | 998 | 151 | 15.1 | 15.9 |
| Rains County | 2,047 | 37 | 1.8 | 3.0 |
| Randall County | 26,844 | 4,339 | 16.2 | 17.4 |
| Reagan County | 682 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Real County | 392 | 38 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| Red River County | 1,843 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Reeves County | 2,414 | 307 | 12.7 | 12.8 |
| Refugio County | 1,065 | 45 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| Roberts County | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Robertson County | 3,264 | 381 | 11.7 | 11.8 |
| Rockwall County | 27,179 | 6,318 | 23.2 | 24.0 |
| Runnels County | 1,698 | 163 | 9.6 | 11.2 |
| Rusk County | 8,793 | 683 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
| Sabine County | 1,397 | 289 | 20.7 | 20.7 |
| San Augustine County | 1,190 | 150 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| San Jacinto County | 4,661 | 369 | 7.9 | 8.2 |
| San Patricio County | 13,544 | 1,838 | 13.6 | 14.3 |
| San Saba County | 835 | 69 | 8.3 | 13.3 |
| Schleicher County | 341 | 20 | 5.9 | 9.4 |
| Scurry County | 2,950 | 389 | 13.2 | 14.1 |
| Shackelford County | 531 | 51 | 9.6 | 10.2 |
| Shelby County | 4,700 | 269 | 5.7 | 6.0 |
| Sherman County | 580 | 51 | 8.8 | 10.9 |
| Smith County | 45,460 | 7,611 | 16.7 | 17.1 |
| Somervell County | 1,702 | 287 | 16.9 | 17.6 |
| Starr County | 15,217 | 2,109 | 13.9 | 14.1 |
| Stephens County | 1,371 | 314 | 22.9 | 24.0 |
| Sterling County | 282 | 44 | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Stonewall County | 178 | 44 | 24.7 | 24.7 |
| Sutton County | 576 | 43 | 7.5 | 9.5 |
| Swisher County | 1,078 | 120 | 11.1 | 11.1 |
| Tarrant County | 411,785 | 80,113 | 19.5 | 20.3 |
| Taylor County | 27,424 | 5,505 | 20.1 | 21.1 |
| Terrell County | 93 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Terry County | 2,567 | 162 | 6.3 | 7.8 |
| Throckmorton County | 264 | 25 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| Titus County | 6,277 | 1,023 | 16.3 | 16.8 |
| Tom Green County | 21,007 | 5,778 | 27.5 | 28.5 |
| Travis County | 211,538 | 55,549 | 26.3 | 26.9 |
| Trinity County | 2,094 | 207 | 9.9 | 9.9 |
| Tyler County | 2,845 | 240 | 8.4 | 8.5 |
| Upshur County | 7,862 | 759 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
| Upton County | 595 | 40 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Uvalde County | 5,189 | 854 | 16.5 | 17.5 |
| Val Verde County | 9,943 | 1,033 | 10.4 | 11.1 |
| Van Zandt County | 11,161 | 1,518 | 13.6 | 14.2 |
| Victoria County | 17,022 | 3,851 | 22.6 | 23.7 |
| Walker County | 8,867 | 1,980 | 22.3 | 22.9 |
| Waller County | 12,908 | 1,927 | 14.9 | 15.8 |
| Ward County | 2,454 | 161 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| Washington County | 5,904 | 1,548 | 26.2 | 26.9 |
| Webb County | 63,230 | 7,335 | 11.6 | 12.0 |
| Wharton County | 7,939 | 1,489 | 18.8 | 19.2 |
| Wheeler County | 835 | 80 | 9.6 | 9.6 |
| Wichita County | 22,018 | 4,078 | 18.5 | 19.7 |
| Wilbarger County | 2,120 | 437 | 20.6 | 22.9 |
| Willacy County | 3,357 | 499 | 14.9 | 14.9 |
| Williamson County | 135,961 | 43,311 | 31.9 | 33.4 |
| Wilson County | 9,772 | 1,503 | 15.4 | 16.2 |
| Winkler County | 1,559 | 60 | 3.8 | 6.7 |
| Wise County | 15,402 | 1,591 | 10.3 | 10.6 |
| Wood County | 6,554 | 771 | 11.8 | 12.3 |
| Yoakum County | 1,861 | 71 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Young County | 3,168 | 668 | 21.1 | 21.2 |
| Zapata County | 2,886 | 432 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Zavala County | 2,005 | 381 | 19.0 | 19.0 |

## Method
- Seats are licensed capacity: the most children a program may care for at once. They are not openings, and they are not enrollment.
- The main count covers licensed child care centers and school-age programs as listed in the BackPR program finder, from the state file loaded on October 21, 2026. Family child care homes are not in the finder; the "Per 100, with family homes" column adds their licensed capacity from the same Texas HHSC dataset (family homes of all three types Texas regulates: licensed, registered and listed), as of November 12, 2026.
- Children are ages 0 to 13 (Census "under 5" plus "5 to 13"), July 1, 2025. Many seats are in school-age programs, so we compare seats with all children 0 to 13.
- Rankings use counties with at least 10,000 children, so very small counties don't swing the list. Every county is in the CSV.
- Only state-licensed care is counted. Public school pre-K, programs the state exempts from licensing, and care by relatives or nannies are not in these numbers.
- Families often use care outside their home county, so a low county number doesn't mean no care is within reach.
- Infant care prices and income shares are 2022 figures from the U.S. Department of Labor's National Database of Childcare Prices, in 2022 dollars. Income share = weekly median price × 52 / county median family income.
- BackPR began tracking listings on October 20, 2026. That is too recent to measure openings and closings from our own records, so this page reports a single snapshot.

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## Sources
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Licensing (data.texas.gov bc5r-88dy): https://data.texas.gov/d/bc5r-88dy
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 county population estimates (July 1, 2025): https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/asrh/
- U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices (2022): https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/topics/featured-childcare