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The state of licensed child care in Illinois
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
| City | Facilities | Violations | Per facility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waukegan | 201 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago | 2353 | 0 | 0 |
| Warrenville | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Kankakee | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Evanston | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| Centralia | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Rockford | 188 | 0 | 0 |
| Urbana | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| Palatine | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmhurst | 17 | 0 | 0 |
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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.