What care costs for a preschooler and for two children, county by county, and how it compares with what families here earn.
Full-time care for a 4-year-old costs about $10,646 a year in the typical county in Arizona, or $887 a month, 32.4% more than the $8,040 for the typical county nationally. Care for a 4-year-old and an 8-year-old comes to about $20,531 a year. The cost of care for one preschooler is 13.9% of median family income in the typical county.
The federal Department of Health and Human Services counts child care as affordable when it takes no more than 7% of family income. For one 4-year-old, none of Arizona's 15 counties meet that at the median family income; nationally, 259 of 3,131 counties do. In the budget EPI draws up for two parents and two children, child care is 18.5% of the total in the typical county.
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Care for a 4-year-old costs most in Maricopa County ($12,775), Pima County ($11,102) and Coconino County ($10,646), and least in Navajo County ($9,125), Apache County ($9,125) and Cochise County ($9,414). Metro counties are priced at child care centers, other counties at home-based family child care.
| Apache County | $9,125 | $760 | $18,250 | 18.5% |
| Cochise County | $9,414 | $785 | $19,485 | 12.4% |
| Coconino County | $10,646 | $887 | $20,683 | 12.0% |
| Gila County | $10,494 | $875 | $19,619 | 14.9% |
| Graham County | $10,646 | $887 | $20,531 | 14.2% |
| Greenlee County | $10,646 | $887 | $20,531 | 13.0% |
| La Paz County | $10,646 | $887 | $21,292 | 17.3% |
| Maricopa County | $12,775 | $1,065 | $23,421 | 12.7% |
| Mohave County | $9,429 | $786 | $18,554 | 13.9% |
| Navajo County | $9,125 | $760 | $18,250 | 14.7% |
| Pima County | $11,102 | $925 | $21,474 | 12.7% |
| Pinal County | $9,849 | $821 | $18,974 | 11.3% |
| Santa Cruz County | $10,646 | $887 | $20,531 | 17.4% |
| Yavapai County | $10,646 | $887 | $20,683 | 12.9% |
| Yuma County | $9,429 | $786 | $18,554 | 14.0% |
Click a column to sort it. The share compares care for one 4-year-old with the county's median family income. A dash means EPI publishes no income figure for that county.
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