Estimating the Need for Child Care in Missouri 2002

  Children Under 6 Needing Care 2000 Capacity 2002     Percent
COUNTY Married-Couple

Both Working

 Single Parent

Father Works

 Single Parent

Mother Works

 Total

Need

 Licensed

Providers

 Registered

& Exempt

 Total

Capacity

 Estimated

Need

 Estimated

Need
MISSOURI 181,628 24,278 68,085 273,991 131,943 83,639 215,582 58,409 27.1
Adair 815 62 180 1,057 324 349 673 384 36.3
Andrew 591 130 125 846 157 193 350 496 58.6
Atchison 185 15 67 267 60 155 215 52 19.5
Audrain 873 100 308 1,281 525 121 646 635 49.6
Barry 1,080 188 321 1,589 338 277 615 974 61.3
Barton 527 115 82 724 269 179 448 276 38.1
Bates 589 85 103 777 226 73 299 478 61.5
Benton 402 44 107 553 120 153 273 280 50.6
Bollinger 355 35 106 496 128 156 284 212 42.7
Boone 4,774 474 1,662 6,910 5,653 1,639 7,292 -382 -5.5
Buchanan 2,562 467 1,160 4,189 1,454 3,042 4,496 -307 -7.3
Butler 1,124 93 473 1,690 950 708 1,658 32 1.9
Caldwell 250 48 58 356 114 41 155 201 56.5
Callaway 1,694 180 415 2,289 605 255 860 1,429 62.4
Camden 776 185 251 1,212 414 413 827 385 31.8
Cape Girardeau 2,136 232 717 3,085 1,423 1,299 2,722 363 11.8
Carroll 392 36 92 520 92 65 157 363 69.8
Carter 140 49 56 245 188 52 240 5 2.0
Cass 3,744 344 780 4,868 1,442 1,518 2,960 1,908 39.2
Cedar 339 18 84 441 170 290 460 -19 -4.3
Chariton 391 8 50 449 134 73 207 242 53.9
Christian 2,363 194 598 3,155 1,065 802 1,867 1,288 40.8
Clark 281 37 60 378 120 73 193 185 48.9
Clay 7,532 919 1,866 10,317 4,301 4,113 8,414 1,903 18.4
Clinton 701 88 188 977 266 45 311 666 68.2
Cole 3,184 178 756 4,118 2,828 300 3,128 990 24.0
Cooper 662 66 150 878 415 112 527 351 40.0
Crawford 567 160 199 926 223 205 428 498 53.8
Dade 233 29 39 301 70 57 127 174 57.8
Dallas 420 50 177 647 180 122 302 345 53.3
Daviess 243 18 63 324 30 159 189 135 41.7
DeKalb 277 28 71 376 30 42 72 304 80.9
Dent 486 41 137 664 88 295 383 281 42.3
Douglas 374 80 83 537 106 220 326 211 39.3
Dunklin 923 154 496 1,573 868 270 1,138 435 27.7
Franklin 3,203 501 935 4,639 1,564 1,020 2,584 2,055 44.3
Gasconade 568 107 128 803 400 39 439 364 45.3
Gentry 278 47 46 371 150 29 179 192 51.8
Greene 6,867 1,150 2,445 10,462 6,087 5,294 11,381 -919 -8.8
Grundy 276 34 130 440 203 90 293 147 33.4
Harrison 380 68 99 547 90 314 404 143 26.1
Henry 695 69 182 946 504 131 635 311 32.9
Hickory 143 16 41 200 40 49 89 111 55.5
Holt 132 18 52 202 90 7 97 105 52.0
Howard 330 24 89 443 130 61 191 252 56.9
Howell 1,338 144 327 1,809 631 570 1,201 608 33.6
Iron 282 34 104 420 339 164 503 -83 -19.8
Jackson 18,443 3,375 10,356 32,174 19,758 15,913 35,671 -3,497 -10.9
Jasper 3,310 478 1,315 5,103 2,258 1,070 3,328 1,775 34.8
Jefferson 7,326 1,224 1,965 10,515 3,975 1,242 5,217 5,298 50.4
Johnson 1,743 182 494 2,419 915 404 1,319 1,100 45.5
Knox 173 28 25 226 206 67 273 -47 -20.8
Laclede 1,223 176 329 1,728 300 328 628 1,100 63.7
Lafayette 1,055 202 329 1,586 441 549 990 596 37.6
Lawrence 1,338 168 332 1,838 531 209 740 1,098 59.7
Lewis 376 68 156 600 178 178 356 244 40.7
Lincoln 1,586 232 491 2,309 432 750 1,182 1,127 48.8
Linn 514 92 133 739 300 91 391 348 47.1
Livingston 388 48 175 611 260 222 482 129 21.1
McDonald 719 152 244 1,115 288 132 420 695 62.3
Macon 539 101 165 805 304 63 367 438 54.4
Madison 368 51 173 592 270 91 361 231 39.0
Maries 298 49 102 449 167 38 205 244 54.3
Marion 1,047 75 296 1,418 980 644 1,624 -206 -14.5
Mercer 147 18 28 193 56 23 79 114 59.1
Miller 1,014 93 182 1,289 319 284 603 686 53.2
Mississippi 360 72 261 693 456 377 833 -140 -20.2
Moniteau 627 70 183 880 303 83 386 494 56.1
Monroe 341 31 73 445 200 34 234 211 47.4
Montgomery 359 78 110 547 110 98 208 339 62.0
Morgan 549 89 103 741 214 107 321 420 56.7
New Madrid 542 70 308 920 539 325 864 56 6.1
Newton 1,854 215 556 2,625 817 499 1,316 1,309 49.9
Nodaway 798 83 124 1,005 392 40 432 573 57.0
Oregon 271 34 72 377 160 90 250 127 33.7
Osage 622 29 111 762 325 169 494 268 35.2
Ozark 208 67 65 340 90 124 214 126 37.1
Pemiscot 372 144 623 1,139 417 902 1,319 -180 -15.8
Perry 756 98 151 1,005 389 395 784 221 22.0
Pettis 1,449 184 578 2,211 978 226 1,204 1,007 45.5
Phelps 1,137 132 400 1,669 666 977 1,643 26 1.6
Pike 559 113 126 798 297 103 400 398 49.9
Platte 3,022 374 672 4,068 1,198 1,711 2,909 1,159 28.5
Polk 1,008 86 188 1,282 526 192 718 564 44.0
Pulaski 1,354 142 359 1,855 622 235 857 998 53.8
Putnam 183 9 38 230 135 147 282 -52 -22.6
Ralls 391 15 43 449 60 30 90 359 80.0
Randolph 800 131 296 1,227 768 310 1,078 149 12.1
Ray 757 103 285 1,145 110 543 653 492 43.0
Reynolds 149 27 26 202 20 93 113 89 44.1
Ripley 375 21 89 485 275 194 469 16 3.3
St. Charles 13,036 961 2,597 16,594 8,195 5,259 13,454 3,140 18.9
St. Clair 265 72 73 410 73 43 116 294 71.7
Ste. Genevieve 641 63 171 875 519 103 622 253 28.9
St. Francois 1,554 206 729 2,489 1,631 541 2,172 317 12.7
St. Louis 32,455 3,290 12,124 47,869 27,680 11,895 39,575 8,294 17.3
Saline 790 147 322 1,259 400 142 542 717 56.9
Schuyler 159 6 31 196 120 17 137 59 30.1
Scotland 174 4 46 224 86 32 118 106 47.3
Scott 1,348 154 778 2,280 1,290 404 1,694 586 25.7
Shannon 200 75 55 330 130 167 297 33 10.0
Shelby 227 29 53 309 150 35 185 124 40.1
Stoddard 725 95 360 1,180 574 232 806 374 31.7
Stone 873 118 201 1,192 372 246 618 574 48.2
Sullivan 290 34 87 411 104 67 171 240 58.4
Taney 1,118 146 456 1,720 637 419 1,056 664 38.6
Texas 611 99 174 884 303 278 581 303 34.3
Vernon 780 103 223 1,106 387 157 544 562 50.8
Warren 825 119 277 1,221 162 779 941 280 22.9
Washington 563 140 190 893 259 232 491 402 45.0
Wayne 255 114 100 469 171 148 319 150 32.0
Webster 1,115 148 166 1,429 611 310 921 508 35.5
Worth 66 10 17 93 30 16 46 47 50.5
Wright 541 87 221 849 268 446 714 135 15.9
St. Louis City 6,090 1,667 8,846 16,603 10,182 5,735 15,917 686 4.1
Source:  USDC, Bureau of the Census, [2000 SF 3; Missouri DHSS and DSS 2002]
Prepared by: the University Outreach and Extension, Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA)
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