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The state of licensed child care in Illinois

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

Headline numbers

Illinois has 8,548 licensed childcare facilities in our data. Illinois 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). 66.7% are family home providers;

Violations per facility, by city

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

CityFacilitiesViolationsPer facility
Waukegan 20100
Chicago 235300
Warrenville 1200
Kankakee 2500
Evanston 4700
Centralia 1400
Rockford 18800
Urbana 5700
Palatine 2200
Elmhurst 1700

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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.