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The state of licensed child care in Arizona

Updated July 2026 · computed from official Arizona licensing data · methodology · download the dataset (CC0)

Headline numbers

Arizona has 2,536 licensed childcare facilities in our data. Arizona does not yet publish machine-readable violation records — this page covers the licensing landscape, and violation analysis will be added when the data becomes available (coverage details). 11% are family home providers;

Violations per facility, by city

Cities with at least 10 licensed facilities, ranked by recorded violations per facility.

CityFacilitiesViolationsPer facility
Yuma 7800
Prescott Valley 2000
Tucson 41700
Laveen 2500
Scottsdale 9000
Lake Havasu City 1900
San Tan Valley 1600
Phoenix 55600
Mesa 14600
Buckeye 3700

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All numbers on this page are computed from official state licensing records and are free to cite with attribution to DaycareLens. Journalists: the underlying dataset is openly licensed (CC0), and we can provide custom cuts — press@daycarelens.com.