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Daycare in Texas

Texas regulates 9,607 licensed child care centers, 1,597 licensed child care homes and 1,725 registered child care homes. A center charged a median of $174 a week for an infant across the state in 2022.

  • 12,929regulated providers
  • 2,233Texas Rising Star rated
  • 5,799accept CCS scholarships

Daycare by city

Other Texas cities with five or more providers

The number after each of these 346 cities is its count of regulated providers. The state's child care search lists them by city or ZIP code.

Daycare by county

Regulated providers, the median weekly price for an infant and the number of Head Start centers in the 20 counties with the most providers. Open "All 254 Texas counties" for the rest, A to Z.

CountyProvidersInfant, center a weekInfant, home a weekHead Start centers
Harris County2,115$185$164109
Dallas County975$194$17266
Tarrant County898$199$17745
Bexar County745$171$154142
Collin County643$191$1674
Travis County612$229$20632
Denton County479$191$1671
Hidalgo County478$144$13154
Fort Bend County476$185$16415
Williamson County459$202$18114
El Paso County369$122$11158
Bell County233$133$12120
Montgomery County222$185$1640
Brazoria County199$185$16410
Cameron County198$154$14156
Nueces County160$153$13820
Lubbock County145$146$13314
McLennan County131$134$12213
Webb County127$126$11529
Galveston County123$185$1642
All 254 Texas counties
CountyProvidersInfant, center a weekInfant, home a weekHead Start centers
Anderson County13$124$1140
Andrews County6$155$1382
Angelina County37$129$1173
Aransas County7$124$1131
Archer County5$130$1172
Armstrong County2$147$1340
Atascosa County17$171$1545
Austin County13$185$1640
Bailey County3$146$1331
Bandera County3$171$1542
Bastrop County48$202$1814
Baylor County3$130$1171
Bee County7$124$1130
Bell County233$133$12120
Bexar County745$171$154142
Blanco County4$202$1812
Borden County1$155$1380
Bosque County5$134$1221
Bowie County43$121$1111
Brazoria County199$185$16410
Brazos County102$154$13912
Brewster County5$122$1110
Briscoe County0$147$1340
Brooks County5$153$1385
Brown County15$124$1131
Burleson County7$154$1391
Burnet County17$202$1813
Caldwell County13$202$1814
Calhoun County12$124$1131
Callahan County8$124$1131
Cameron County198$154$14156
Camp County6$124$1142
Carson County1$147$1340
Cass County5$121$1114
Castro County4$147$1342
Chambers County20$185$1640
Cherokee County11$124$1140
Childress County6$147$1341
Clay County5$130$1171
Cochran County0$146$1331
Coke County0$113$1020
Coleman County4$124$1131
Collin County643$191$1674
Collingsworth County2$147$1341
Colorado County10$185$1643
Comal County57$171$1540
Comanche County4$124$1132
Concho County1$113$1020
Cooke County17$138$1251
Coryell County30$133$1216
Cottle County1$130$1171
Crane County2$155$1381
Crockett County3$113$1021
Crosby County1$146$1331
Culberson County1$122$1110
Dallam County5$147$1341
Dallas County975$194$17266
Dawson County3$155$1382
Deaf Smith County5$147$1341
Delta County2$121$1111
Denton County479$191$1671
DeWitt County11$124$1131
Dickens County0$146$1330
Dimmit County5$130$1203
Donley County2$147$1341
Duval County6$153$1383
Eastland County6$124$1132
Ector County57$155$1387
Edwards County1$130$1200
El Paso County369$122$11158
Ellis County96$191$1672
Erath County12$191$1672
Falls County5$134$1222
Fannin County6$138$1251
Fayette County14$202$1812
Fisher County1$124$1130
Floyd County2$146$1332
Foard County1$130$1172
Fort Bend County476$185$16415
Franklin County1$121$1110
Freestone County8$134$1220
Frio County8$171$1543
Gaines County7$155$1383
Galveston County123$185$1642
Garza County4$146$1332
Gillespie County11$171$1542
Glasscock County1$155$1380
Goliad County2$124$1130
Gonzales County4$124$1131
Gray County8$147$1342
Grayson County57$138$1256
Gregg County66$124$1140
Grimes County17$154$1391
Guadalupe County78$171$1540
Hale County12$146$1333
Hall County1$147$1342
Hamilton County5$133$1211
Hansford County2$147$1341
Hardeman County3$130$1174
Hardin County20$135$1240
Harris County2,115$185$164109
Harrison County20$124$1140
Hartley County1$147$1340
Haskell County2$124$1130
Hays County123$202$1817
Hemphill County1$147$1340
Henderson County24$124$1141
Hidalgo County478$144$13154
Hill County9$134$1221
Hockley County6$146$1335
Hood County24$191$1671
Hopkins County10$121$1111
Houston County6$129$1172
Howard County8$155$1382
Hudspeth County2$122$1112
Hunt County28$191$1673
Hutchinson County5$147$1343
Irion County0$113$1020
Jack County4$130$1171
Jackson County16$124$1132
Jasper County14$129$1172
Jeff Davis County0$122$1110
Jefferson County96$135$1242
Jim Hogg County5$126$1152
Jim Wells County17$153$13810
Johnson County52$191$1672
Jones County6$124$1133
Karnes County7$171$1541
Kaufman County81$191$1675
Kendall County23$171$1543
Kenedy County0$153$1380
Kent County1$124$1130
Kerr County13$171$1541
Kimble County1$113$1020
King County0$146$1330
Kinney County1$130$1201
Kleberg County18$153$1386
Knox County4$124$1131
La Salle County1$130$1200
Lamar County20$121$1111
Lamb County3$146$1333
Lampasas County8$133$1212
Lavaca County15$124$1133
Lee County8$202$1812
Leon County5$154$1390
Liberty County20$185$1640
Limestone County10$134$1222
Lipscomb County1$147$1340
Live Oak County2$153$1380
Llano County6$202$1812
Loving County0$155$1380
Lubbock County145$146$13314
Lynn County5$146$1331
Madison County8$154$1391
Marion County2$124$1140
Martin County3$155$1382
Mason County2$113$1022
Matagorda County15$185$1642
Maverick County25$130$12011
McCulloch County1$113$1021
McLennan County131$134$12213
McMullen County1$153$1380
Medina County18$171$1543
Menard County1$113$1022
Midland County90$155$1382
Milam County11$133$1212
Mills County1$133$1210
Mitchell County3$124$1132
Montague County7$130$1172
Montgomery County222$185$1640
Moore County9$147$1343
Morris County4$121$1110
Motley County0$146$1330
Nacogdoches County19$129$1172
Navarro County22$191$1672
Newton County2$129$1172
Nolan County6$124$1132
Nueces County160$153$13820
Ochiltree County4$147$1341
Oldham County2$147$1340
Orange County39$135$1240
Palo Pinto County8$191$1672
Panola County7$124$1140
Parker County59$191$1673
Parmer County2$147$1342
Pecos County6$155$1381
Polk County10$129$1171
Potter County46$147$13415
Presidio County2$122$1110
Rains County3$124$1140
Randall County56$147$1343
Reagan County0$113$1020
Real County1$130$1202
Red River County1$121$1112
Reeves County2$155$1382
Refugio County1$124$1130
Roberts County0$147$1340
Robertson County4$154$1391
Rockwall County56$191$1672
Runnels County6$124$1132
Rusk County10$124$1140
Sabine County3$129$1171
San Augustine County3$129$1172
San Jacinto County7$129$1172
San Patricio County28$153$13810
San Saba County6$133$1212
Schleicher County2$113$1021
Scurry County6$124$1132
Shackelford County1$124$1130
Shelby County4$129$1171
Sherman County2$147$1340
Smith County75$124$1144
Somervell County4$191$1670
Starr County30$144$13111
Stephens County3$124$1130
Sterling County1$113$1020
Stonewall County1$124$1130
Sutton County2$113$1020
Swisher County1$147$1341
Tarrant County898$199$17745
Taylor County65$124$1134
Terrell County0$155$1380
Terry County6$146$1332
Throckmorton County1$124$1130
Titus County9$121$1112
Tom Green County58$113$1024
Travis County612$229$20632
Trinity County3$129$1172
Tyler County3$129$1172
Upshur County9$124$1140
Upton County2$155$1381
Uvalde County15$130$1206
Val Verde County18$130$1201
Van Zandt County19$124$1140
Victoria County52$124$1134
Walker County21$185$1642
Waller County28$185$1640
Ward County2$155$1381
Washington County15$154$1391
Webb County127$126$11529
Wharton County19$185$1641
Wheeler County1$147$1341
Wichita County60$130$1178
Wilbarger County11$130$1174
Willacy County7$144$1314
Williamson County459$202$18114
Wilson County23$171$1542
Winkler County5$155$1380
Wise County21$191$1673
Wood County14$124$1140
Yoakum County2$146$1331
Young County10$130$1173
Zapata County7$126$1155
Zavala County7$130$1205

Prices: 2022 county medians, U.S. Department of Labor National Database of Childcare Prices. Head Start: federal service locations.

Help paying for child care in Texas

The Texas Workforce Commission's Child Care Services program gives scholarships to eligible families who work, look for work or go to school. It covers children from birth to age 12, and up to 18 for a child with a disability. You choose any provider that takes part; 5,799 Texas providers did in the latest list.

Apply through the Texas child care scholarships page. A full year of center care for an infant at the state median is about $9,038, or $753 a month.

Subsidy rules are the state's; eligibility depends on income, family size and activity. Apply through the state link; we do not process applications.

What Texas Rising Star means

Texas Rising Star is the state's quality rating for providers in the Child Care Services program. A rated provider meets standards above the state's minimum licensing rules, at 2, 3 or 4 stars. We sort every city list by it. See the Texas Workforce Commission's program page.

How to check a Texas daycare license · Daycare cost in Texas

License information is from the Texas Health and Human Services public register, retrieved October 2026. License status can change; verify at childcare.hhs.texas.gov before enrolling.