Mapping Tyke Tending Deserts

It appears that over one-half of Americans alive inwards kid assist deserts, areas where it is hard to abide by licensed kid care. The Center for American Progress has analyzed the locations of licensed kid assist providers inwards 22 states (all those that convey publicly available databases of licensed kid assist providers) together with determined that much of the USA has inadequate kid assist provision.

You tin explore the results of the Center for American Progress's analysis on their Child Care Deserts Map. The map visualizes the kid assist provision inwards 22 states downward to census tract level. The initial map persuasion shows the per centum of people living inwards kid assist deserts inwards each state. If yous pick out a solid seat down on the map yous persuasion the per centum of the population inwards kid assist deserts inwards each census tract inwards the state.

The Center for American Progress defines a kid assist desert equally "any census tract alongside to a greater extent than than fifty children nether historic menstruation v that contains either no kid assist providers some few options that at that spot are to a greater extent than than 3 times equally many children equally licensed kid assist slots".

You tin read to a greater extent than close the Center's findings inwards their article Mapping America’s Child Care Deserts.