Top Cities for Child Care

04/03/2009

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.
Jawaharal Nehru

In the most recent Early Childhood Trend Update from Exchange we rated "The 30 Metros Most Amenable to Child Care." To arrive at this rating we ranked the 100 largest metropolitan statistical areas in the United States on nine factors: prevalence of children under five, parent education, working women, population growth, single moms, nursery school enrollments, wealth, poverty, and total population. Based on this analysis, the following metropolitan areas were found to be the most child care friendly.

Atlanta, GA
Raleigh, NC
Austin, TX
Charlotte, NC
Washington, DC
Denver, CO
Kansas City, MO
Salt Lake City, UT
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Des Moines, IA
Houston, TX
Minneapolis, MN
Boise, ID
Columbus, OH
Indianapolis, IN
Jacksonville, FL
Omaha, NE
Colorado Springs, CO
Virginia Beach, VA
McAllen, TX
Orlando, FL
Phoenix, AZ
Cincinnati, OH
Chicago, IL
Nashville, TN
Richmond, VA
Ogden, UT
Memphis, TN
Charleston, SC
Columbia, SC

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