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STATE · CHILDCARE PRICES · COUNTY LEVEL

Childcare costs in Arkansas

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$148

per week · Arkansas · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

Arkansas median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$148$115
Toddler$143$103
Preschool$128$98
School-age$105$93

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Washington County

$148 /wk · infant, center †

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Sebastian County

$88 /wk · infant, center †

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

Arkansas counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Arkansas County$103 †7.9%
Ashley County$103 †9.5%
Baxter County$103 †9.9%
Benton County$148 †8.7%
Boone County$103 †8.9%
Bradley County$103 †10.0%
Calhoun County——
Carroll County$103 †8.1%
Chicot County$103 †12.0%
Clark County$103 †8.6%
Clay County$103 †10.0%
Cleburne County$103 †9.3%
Cleveland County——
Columbia County$103 †9.7%
Conway County$103 †9.3%
Craighead County$148 †11.4%
Crawford County$148 †12.5%
Crittenden County$148 †13.7%
Cross County$103 †8.6%
Dallas County$103 †8.0%
Desha County$103 †11.8%
Drew County$103 †8.9%
Faulkner County$148 †10.5%
Franklin County$103 †9.4%
Fulton County$103 †11.2%
Garland County$148 †11.9%
Grant County$148 †9.8%
Greene County$103 †9.2%
Hempstead County$103 †9.1%
Hot Spring County$103 †8.8%
Howard County$103 †9.8%
Independence County$103 †8.9%
Izard County$103 †9.6%
Jackson County$103 †10.0%
Jefferson County$148 †13.0%
Johnson County$103 †11.2%
Lafayette County$103 †10.3%
Lawrence County$103 †9.6%
Lee County$103 †11.4%
Lincoln County$148 †13.3%
Little River County$148 †11.0%
Logan County$103 †9.7%
Lonoke County$148 †10.0%
Madison County$148 †12.1%
Marion County$103 †10.9%
Miller County$148 †13.4%
Mississippi County$103 †9.8%
Monroe County$103 †8.4%
Montgomery County——
Nevada County$103 †11.2%
Newton County——
Ouachita County$103 †9.5%
Perry County$148 †12.7%
Phillips County$103 †11.4%
Pike County$103 †9.0%
Poinsett County$148 †14.7%
Polk County$103 †10.0%
Pope County$103 †9.1%
Prairie County——
Pulaski County$148 †10.3%
Randolph County$103 †9.6%
Saline County$148 †9.3%
Scott County$103 †9.5%
Searcy County$103 †10.7%
Sebastian County$88 †7.7%
Sevier County$103 †9.0%
Sharp County$103 †10.8%
St. Francis County——
Stone County$103 †10.6%
Union County$103 †8.7%
Van Buren County$103 †10.1%
Washington County$148 †10.7%
White County$103 †9.3%
Woodruff County——
Yell County$103 †8.9%

† Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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