Table 1.
Descriptive Overview of Mean State-Level Childcare and School-Aged Care Characteristics, Averaged across 2011 to 2015.
| Individual-level Measure |
State-level Measure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Full-time Employment (%) | Part-time Employment (%) | Not in the Labor Force (%) | Mean Childcare Time | Average Childcare Costa | School Day Length |
| Alabama | 50.0 | 17.0 | 33.0 | 83.4 | 7.55 | 7.03 |
| Alaska | 52.6 | 24.2 | 23.2 | 88.8 | 10.64 | 6.48 |
| Arizona | 43.5 | 17.6 | 38.9 | 75.5 | 12.55 | 6.43 |
| Arkansas | 52.2 | 15.5 | 32.3 | 88.6 | 8.73 | 6.89 |
| California | 40.2 | 20.0 | 39.8 | 88.9 | 14.64 | 6.24 |
| Colorado | 44.9 | 24.7 | 30.4 | 97.9 | 13.45 | 7.01 |
| Connecticut | 43.8 | 25.6 | 30.6 | 111.8 | 12.00 | 6.47 |
| Delaware | 65.1 | 15.1 | 19.8 | 83.7 | 12.09 | 6.68 |
| District of Columbia | 53.4 | 18.6 | 28.0 | 107.3 | 11.36 | 6.91 |
| Florida | 51.6 | 18.3 | 30.1 | 88.8 | 10.82 | 6.43 |
| Georgia | 47.7 | 18.8 | 33.5 | 80.2 | 9.18 | 6.79 |
| Hawaii | 47.4 | 21.5 | 31.1 | 98.5 | 13.18 | 6.26 |
| Idaho | 35.7 | 26.0 | 38.3 | 92.0 | 11.18 | 6.63 |
| Illinois | 48.3 | 22.0 | 29.7 | 96.8 | 14.00 | 6.50 |
| Indiana | 49.5 | 22.2 | 28.3 | 92.5 | 12.27 | 6.77 |
| Iowa | 55.8 | 21.1 | 23.1 | 92.9 | 11.18 | 6.85 |
| Kansas | 52.4 | 20.1 | 27.5 | 101.9 | 12.36 | 6.98 |
| Kentucky | 47.3 | 17.0 | 35.7 | 90.3 | 8.82 | 6.69 |
| Louisiana | 49.8 | 18.4 | 31.8 | 83.0 | 7.45 | 7.08 |
| Maine | 53.4 | 21.4 | 25.2 | 96.0 | 12.64 | 6.47 |
| Maryland | 55.7 | 19.2 | 25.1 | 91.7 | 11.55 | 6.59 |
| Massachusetts | 43.6 | 28.6 | 27.8 | 101.4 | 15.55 | 6.45 |
| Michigan | 46.4 | 23.9 | 29.7 | 97.5 | 11.82 | 6.56 |
| Minnesota | 52.1 | 26.3 | 21.6 | 92.9 | 15.45 | 6.28 |
| Mississippi | 49.8 | 16.9 | 33.3 | 70.0 | 7.45 | 6.99 |
| Missouri | 53.0 | 19.8 | 27.2 | 88.9 | 10.27 | 6.70 |
| Montana | 54.4 | 19.4 | 26.2 | 93.5 | 12.36 | 6.79 |
| Nebraska | 59.8 | 20.0 | 20.2 | 96.3 | 10.36 | 6.92 |
| Nevada | 43.3 | 18.8 | 37.9 | 87.8 | 13.09 | 6.30 |
| New Hampshire | 50.5 | 23.7 | 25.8 | 107.4 | 11.18 | 6.54 |
| New Jersey | 47.1 | 23.2 | 29.7 | 99.9 | 10.18 | 6.44 |
| New Mexico | 42.6 | 20.5 | 36.9 | 79.5 | 11.18 | 6.85 |
| New York | 44.8 | 21.6 | 33.6 | 103.0 | 15.91 | 6.59 |
| North Carolina | 47.0 | 18.4 | 34.6 | 88.1 | 11.91 | 6.75 |
| North Dakota | 67.4 | 15.7 | 16.9 | 82.4 | 9.91 | 6.58 |
| Ohio | 47.1 | 23.9 | 29.0 | 90.7 | 10.00 | 6.61 |
| Oklahoma | 51.1 | 18.3 | 30.6 | 78.9 | 10.91 | 6.63 |
| Oregon | 42.7 | 25.0 | 32.3 | 86.5 | 14.45 | 6.57 |
| Pennsylvania | 46.0 | 24.2 | 29.8 | 101.1 | 14.27 | 6.43 |
| Rhode Island | 45.1 | 25.4 | 29.5 | 90.5 | 12.73 | 6.27 |
| South Carolina | 52.6 | 17.4 | 30.0 | 74.3 | 8.18 | 6.92 |
| South Dakota | 55.4 | 25.6 | 19.0 | 90.7 | 8.55 | 6.83 |
| Tennessee | 50.0 | 17.2 | 32.8 | 96.8 | 9.36 | 7.03 |
| Texas | 48.0 | 16.3 | 35.7 | 87.8 | 10.91 | 7.17 |
| Utah | 36.3 | 30.0 | 33.7 | 97.3 | 10.64 | 6.28 |
| Vermont | 59.3 | 15.3 | 25.4 | 103.4 | 11.64 | 6.66 |
| Virginia | 53.2 | 17.6 | 29.2 | 100.9 | 10.91 | 6.62 |
| Washington | 42.6 | 23.4 | 34.0 | 92.1 | 13.73 | 6.22 |
| West Virginia | 43.6 | 17.7 | 38.7 | 113.2 | 12.18 | 6.87 |
| Wisconsin | 52.0 | 26.1 | 21.9 | 92.5 | 14.82 | 6.91 |
| Wyoming | 58.4 | 15.3 | 26.3 | 78.6 | 10.55 | 6.86 |
Source: Childcare Aware of America, Afterschool Alliance, Education Commission of the States, American Time Use Survey.
a
As a percentage of median married couples’ income; averaged across 2011 to 2015.