Child Care Licensed Day Care Day Care Number of Homes Number of Centers Capacity Children Under 6 w Licensed Capacity as a pe 1990 1997 1990 1997 1990 1997 1990 1990 Indiana 1,701 2,825 612 647 60,404 88,481 213,573 28% Adams 8 11 1 0 113 0 1,445 8% Allen 88 103 41 46 3,989 5,244 13,547 29% Bartholomew 25 38 13 11 1,050 1,249 2,627 40% Benton 4 9 0 2 27 201 499 5% Blackford 1 10 1 0 26 0 568 5% Boone 22 27 5 5 644 741 1,823 35% Brown 3 3 1 2 50 76 518 10% Carroll 13 10 1 1 154 143 762 20% Cass 2 21 6 4 266 531 1,521 17% Clark 9 20 9 15 792 1,733 2,916 27% Clay 3 21 2 2 84 331 815 10% Clinton 14 19 2 1 277 310 1,346 21% Crawford 2 4 2 1 53 66 283 19% Daviess 8 27 2 2 159 385 1,106 14% Dearborn 3 6 3 4 253 351 1,537 16% Decatur 4 9 3 2 161 206 1,065 15% Dekalb 16 19 2 7 288 590 1,793 16% Delaware 21 30 13 11 986 1,212 3,850 26% Dubois 13 25 2 3 226 485 2,566 9% Elkhart 37 62 24 22 1,691 2,100 7,016 24% Fayette 3 6 1 2 63 202 820 8% Floyd 13 16 8 11 966 1,476 2,393 40% Fountain 2 1 1 0 68 0 584 12% Franklin 3 9 0 0 26 0 728 4% Fulton 17 22 1 2 185 347 754 25% Gibson 3 27 4 4 207 543 1,468 14% Grant 7 21 6 8 571 825 2,021 28% Greene 9 32 2 3 147 472 945 16% Hamilton 71 96 16 21 2,488 4,215 5,659 44% Hancock 12 16 4 5 346 525 2,082 17% Harrison 18 24 2 1 218 444 1,269 17% Hendricks 33 45 10 16 1,020 2,243 3,638 28% Henry 14 14 4 4 408 493 1,541 26% Howard 6 22 9 9 894 1,164 2,900 31% Huntington 26 23 0 1 218 404 1,978 11% Jackson 7 20 3 5 222 478 1,770 13% Jasper 3 6 0 1 28 107 845 3% Jay 2 20 2 0 53 0 982 5% Jefferson 8 23 1 3 118 393 1,078 11% Jennings 2 7 3 4 163 352 867 19% Johnson 18 23 9 11 1,061 1,477 3,680 29% Knox 15 28 6 7 390 803 1,483 26% Kosciusko 24 28 5 6 604 634 2,925 21% Lagrange 6 17 0 0 50 0 1,181 4% Lake 90 102 48 54 3,745 5,834 12,351 30% Laporte 17 31 8 7 516 806 3,785 14% Lawrence 8 31 3 3 226 513 1,470 15% Madison 25 31 9 8 867 1,036 4,319 20% Marion 254 449 122 132 15,538 19,810 31,669 49% Marshall 17 23 4 3 306 483 2,074 15% Martin 2 6 1 1 90 144 390 23% Miami 1 14 1 1 42 184 1,407 3% Monroe 59 65 19 19 1,753 1,991 3,245 54% Montgomery 0 13 3 3 398 456 1,365 29% Morgan 7 21 4 7 289 720 2,073 14% Newton 2 2 0 0 17 0 573 3% Noble 6 16 2 2 242 377 1,804 13% Ohio 0 5 0 0 0 0 213 0% Orange 15 21 1 2 184 468 639 29% Owen 4 4 1 1 50 59 477 10% Parke 1 9 1 0 49 0 529 9% Perry 0 0 2 2 55 0 873 6% Pike 4 5 1 1 54 76 395 14% Porter 20 28 8 8 634 939 4,454 14% Posey 2 9 3 3 214 362 1,223 17% Pulaski 6 10 1 0 70 0 503 14% Putnam 4 15 3 2 99 210 1,002 10% Randolph 3 14 0 1 28 251 970 3% Ripley 2 8 0 1 17 249 1,198 1% Rush 6 13 1 1 62 249 709 9% St. Joseph 88 148 56 39 3,629 4,298 9,334 39% Scott 12 4 2 3 232 256 782 30% Shelby 0 20 4 2 338 421 1,787 19% Spencer 4 8 2 2 113 172 882 13% Starke 2 4 2 1 143 206 687 21% Steuben 13 19 4 3 251 320 1,335 19% Sullivan 5 22 1 1 64 279 583 11% Switzerland 0 2 0 1 0 92 189 0% Tippecanoe 88 90 12 13 1,808 2,149 4,898 37% Tipton 0 2 2 0 124 0 604 21% Union 1 2 0 0 8 0 272 3% Vanderburgh 132 189 18 22 3,075 4,403 6,672 46% Vermillion 0 7 1 1 40 124 503 8% Vigo 89 124 14 12 1,363 2,130 3,227 42% Wabash 12 25 2 2 167 375 1,553 11% Warren 3 7 0 0 14 0 324 4% Warrick 19 50 4 6 371 847 2,028 18% Washington 5 25 1 2 57 400 889 6% Wayne 14 29 8 7 759 678 2,366 32% Wells 22 30 2 0 282 0 1,475 19% White 3 27 1 1 95 354 979 10% Whitley 16 26 0 2 123 510 1,300 9%