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 $6,205 a year in the typical county in Georgia, or $517 a month, 22.8% less than the $8,040 for the typical county nationally. Care for a 4-year-old and an 8-year-old comes to about $9,551 a year. The cost of care for one preschooler is 9.2% 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, 5 of Georgia's 159 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 10.7% of the total in the typical county.
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Care for a 4-year-old costs most in Cherokee County ($10,889), Clayton County ($10,889) and Cobb County ($10,889), and least in Wilkinson County ($5,901), Wilkes County ($5,901) and Wilcox County ($5,901). Metro counties are priced at child care centers, other counties at home-based family child care.
| Appling County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 11.0% |
| Atkinson County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 13.2% |
| Bacon County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 10.0% |
| Baker County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 11.6% |
| Baldwin County | $6,874 | $573 | $10,524 | 9.3% |
| Banks County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 7.0% |
| Barrow County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 9.0% |
| Bartow County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 8.4% |
| Ben Hill County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 12.4% |
| Berrien County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.2% |
| Bibb County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 11.5% |
| Bleckley County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.4% |
| Brantley County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 8.9% |
| Brooks County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 9.1% |
| Bryan County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 7.2% |
| Bulloch County | $6,874 | $573 | $10,524 | 8.9% |
| Burke County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 10.8% |
| Butts County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 10.5% |
| Calhoun County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.0% |
| Camden County | $9,368 | $781 | $14,053 | 11.7% |
| Candler County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.5% |
| Carroll County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 7.3% |
| Catoosa County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 9.2% |
| Charlton County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 10.7% |
| Chatham County | $5,962 | $497 | $9,125 | 7.0% |
| Chattahoochee County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 10.6% |
| Chattooga County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 10.4% |
| Cherokee County | $10,889 | $907 | $15,878 | 9.2% |
| Clarke County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 9.7% |
| Clay County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 7.8% |
| Clayton County | $10,889 | $907 | $15,878 | 16.7% |
| Clinch County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.3% |
| Cobb County | $10,889 | $907 | $15,878 | 9.1% |
| Coffee County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.8% |
| Colquitt County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.6% |
| Columbia County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 7.0% |
| Cook County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 10.2% |
| Coweta County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 7.1% |
| Crawford County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 8.4% |
| Crisp County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.7% |
| Dade County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 8.3% |
| Dawson County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 7.5% |
| Decatur County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.3% |
| DeKalb County | $10,889 | $907 | $15,878 | 10.8% |
| Dodge County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.9% |
| Dooly County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.7% |
| Dougherty County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 14.0% |
| Douglas County | $10,889 | $907 | $15,878 | 12.2% |
| Early County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.8% |
| Echols County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 8.9% |
| Effingham County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 7.9% |
| Elbert County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.8% |
| Emanuel County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 10.2% |
| Evans County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.5% |
| Fannin County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.0% |
| Fayette County | $10,889 | $907 | $15,878 | 8.7% |
| Floyd County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 10.3% |
| Forsyth County | $10,889 | $907 | $15,878 | 7.1% |
| Franklin County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.8% |
| Fulton County | $10,889 | $907 | $15,878 | 8.8% |
| Gilmer County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 7.2% |
| Glascock County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 7.8% |
| Glynn County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 9.4% |
| Gordon County | $6,874 | $573 | $10,524 | 9.1% |
| Grady County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.0% |
| Greene County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 5.8% |
| Gwinnett County | $10,889 | $907 | $15,878 | 11.2% |
| Habersham County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 7.5% |
| Hall County | $10,889 | $907 | $15,878 | 12.0% |
| Hancock County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 11.2% |
| Haralson County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 7.6% |
| Harris County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 7.4% |
| Hart County | $6,874 | $573 | $10,524 | 9.2% |
| Heard County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 8.2% |
| Henry County | $10,889 | $907 | $15,878 | 12.1% |
| Houston County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 8.4% |
| Irwin County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.2% |
| Jackson County | $6,874 | $573 | $10,524 | 7.2% |
| Jasper County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 8.5% |
| Jeff Davis County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 11.5% |
| Jefferson County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 10.1% |
| Jenkins County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 11.3% |
| Johnson County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.5% |
| Jones County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 9.2% |
| Lamar County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 9.5% |
| Lanier County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 10.9% |
| Laurens County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.1% |
| Lee County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 7.8% |
| Liberty County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 12.0% |
| Lincoln County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 9.8% |
| Long County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 8.8% |
| Lowndes County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 10.5% |
| Lumpkin County | $6,874 | $573 | $10,524 | 7.9% |
| Macon County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 10.3% |
| Madison County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 10.5% |
| Marion County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 9.7% |
| McDuffie County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 12.6% |
| McIntosh County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 9.2% |
| Meriwether County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 11.6% |
| Miller County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 7.8% |
| Mitchell County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.2% |
| Monroe County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 6.1% |
| Montgomery County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.4% |
| Morgan County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 8.1% |
| Murray County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 10.3% |
| Muscogee County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 10.9% |
| Newton County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 9.6% |
| Oconee County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 5.6% |
| Oglethorpe County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 7.3% |
| Paulding County | $10,889 | $907 | $15,878 | 10.5% |
| Peach County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 8.9% |
| Pickens County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 7.1% |
| Pierce County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.1% |
| Pike County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 7.5% |
| Polk County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.6% |
| Pulaski County | $6,874 | $573 | $10,524 | 11.0% |
| Putnam County | $6,996 | $583 | $10,707 | 8.3% |
| Quitman County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.3% |
| Rabun County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 7.6% |
| Randolph County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 15.0% |
| Richmond County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 12.2% |
| Rockdale County | $10,889 | $907 | $15,878 | 13.5% |
| Schley County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 7.7% |
| Screven County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.5% |
| Seminole County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.6% |
| Spalding County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 10.5% |
| Stephens County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.2% |
| Stewart County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 12.0% |
| Sumter County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 11.1% |
| Talbot County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 10.6% |
| Taliaferro County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 11.0% |
| Tattnall County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.3% |
| Taylor County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 10.7% |
| Telfair County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.8% |
| Terrell County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 10.0% |
| Thomas County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 7.1% |
| Tift County | $6,874 | $573 | $10,524 | 10.2% |
| Toombs County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.6% |
| Towns County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.0% |
| Treutlen County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.6% |
| Troup County | $6,874 | $573 | $10,524 | 9.6% |
| Turner County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 10.4% |
| Twiggs County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 8.8% |
| Union County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 7.0% |
| Upson County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.8% |
| Walker County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 8.6% |
| Walton County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 8.1% |
| Ware County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 10.7% |
| Warren County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 10.4% |
| Washington County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 10.0% |
| Wayne County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.5% |
| Webster County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 11.2% |
| Wheeler County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.6% |
| White County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 6.9% |
| Whitfield County | $7,765 | $647 | $12,024 | 10.6% |
| Wilcox County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.5% |
| Wilkes County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 8.7% |
| Wilkinson County | $5,901 | $492 | $8,663 | 9.4% |
| Worth County | $6,205 | $517 | $9,551 | 9.3% |
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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