| { |
| "name": "finder-directory-stats", |
| "title": "Licensed youth program directory statistics: centers, after-school programs and camps by state", |
| "description": "Live counts of the childcare centers, school-age (after-school) programs, camps and youth programs listed in BackPR's program finder, by state and program type, from official state and local licensing data. One record per state with listings; refreshed daily, and each file shows its update date.", |
| "version": "live", |
| "last_checked": "2026-10-22", |
| "license": "CC-BY-4.0", |
| "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", |
| "publisher": "BackPR", |
| "page": "https://backpr.com/find", |
| "cite_as": "BackPR (2026). Licensed youth program directory statistics (live data, updated 2026-10-22). https://backpr.com/data/finder-directory-stats.json. CC BY 4.0.", |
| "sources": [ |
| "Each state's official licensing or program data, as listed on each state's finder page" |
| ], |
| "notes": "Home-based family childcare isn't listed. Counts cover the states that publish program data.", |
| "records": [ |
| { |
| "state_code": "AK", |
| "state": "Alaska", |
| "total": 99, |
| "centers": 99, |
| "school_age": 0, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/alaska" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "CA", |
| "state": "California", |
| "total": 13288, |
| "centers": 11760, |
| "school_age": 1528, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-21", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/california" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "CO", |
| "state": "Colorado", |
| "total": 3244, |
| "centers": 2150, |
| "school_age": 961, |
| "camps": 122, |
| "youth_programs": 11, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/colorado" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "CT", |
| "state": "Connecticut", |
| "total": 1879, |
| "centers": 1366, |
| "school_age": 0, |
| "camps": 513, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/connecticut" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "DE", |
| "state": "Delaware", |
| "total": 628, |
| "centers": 628, |
| "school_age": 0, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-21", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/delaware" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "DC", |
| "state": "District of Columbia", |
| "total": 354, |
| "centers": 354, |
| "school_age": 0, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/district-of-columbia" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "FL", |
| "state": "Florida", |
| "total": 6613, |
| "centers": 5989, |
| "school_age": 624, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-21", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/florida" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "KY", |
| "state": "Kentucky", |
| "total": 1759, |
| "centers": 1759, |
| "school_age": 0, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/kentucky" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "MA", |
| "state": "Massachusetts", |
| "total": 3010, |
| "centers": 3010, |
| "school_age": 0, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/massachusetts" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "MI", |
| "state": "Michigan", |
| "total": 4545, |
| "centers": 4545, |
| "school_age": 0, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/michigan" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "MN", |
| "state": "Minnesota", |
| "total": 2393, |
| "centers": 2393, |
| "school_age": 0, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/minnesota" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "NE", |
| "state": "Nebraska", |
| "total": 1128, |
| "centers": 846, |
| "school_age": 282, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-21", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/nebraska" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "NY", |
| "state": "New York", |
| "total": 7539, |
| "centers": 4298, |
| "school_age": 3241, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/new-york" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "PA", |
| "state": "Pennsylvania", |
| "total": 4983, |
| "centers": 4983, |
| "school_age": 0, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/pennsylvania" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "TN", |
| "state": "Tennessee", |
| "total": 1870, |
| "centers": 1870, |
| "school_age": 0, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/tennessee" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "TX", |
| "state": "Texas", |
| "total": 9596, |
| "centers": 8014, |
| "school_age": 1582, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-21", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/texas" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "UT", |
| "state": "Utah", |
| "total": 941, |
| "centers": 796, |
| "school_age": 145, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/utah" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "VT", |
| "state": "Vermont", |
| "total": 558, |
| "centers": 434, |
| "school_age": 124, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/vermont" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "VA", |
| "state": "Virginia", |
| "total": 2659, |
| "centers": 2638, |
| "school_age": 0, |
| "camps": 21, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/virginia" |
| }, |
| { |
| "state_code": "WA", |
| "state": "Washington", |
| "total": 2511, |
| "centers": 1878, |
| "school_age": 633, |
| "camps": 0, |
| "youth_programs": 0, |
| "updated": "2026-10-22", |
| "finder_url": "https://backpr.com/find/washington" |
| } |
| ] |
| } |
|
|
