Document Type

Report

Publication Date

6-30-2025

Publication Title

Economic Development & Workforce Fact Sheet No. 75

Publisher

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West

First page number:

1

Last page number:

3

Abstract

This fact sheet presents 2023 data on childcare expenses in the five Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The data are sourced from The LendingTree article, “Families Who Pay for Childcare Spend Nearly a Fifth of Their Income on It.” The original report includes data on the states’ percentages of weekly income spent on childcare as well as the percentage of households using paid childcare.

Keywords

Childcare; Spending; Weekly income; Mountain West; Nevada; New Mexico; Arizona; Colorado; Utah

Disciplines

Economics | Income Distribution | Public Affairs | Social Welfare

File Format

pdf

File Size

126 KB

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Karaalp, L., Sharma, Y., Saladino, C.J., Brown, W.E., Thymianos, K., Cheche, O.K. (2025). Childcare Expense and Demand in the Mountain West, 2023. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West. Economic Development & Workforce Fact Sheet No. 75, 1-3.


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