<table class="regular" id="BLStable_2023_12_15_11_30" style="width: 95%;"><caption><span class="tableTitle">Chart 1. Number of child daycare center establishments and quarterly employment, 2015–23</span></caption>
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<th style="vertical-align: middle; min-width: 80px;" rowspan="1" scope="col">Year/quarter</th>
<th scope="col">Quarterly employment</th>
<th scope="col">Number of establishments</th>
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<th scope="row">
<p>2015/Q1</p>
</th>
<td>820,779</td>
<td>69,820</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>2015/Q2</p>
</th>
<td>833,560</td>
<td>69,959</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>2015/Q3</p>
</th>
<td>801,200</td>
<td>70,320</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>2015/Q4</p>
</th>
<td>841,898</td>
<td>70,167</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>2016/Q1</p>
</th>
<td>847,592</td>
<td>70,451</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>2016/Q2</p>
</th>
<td>860,293</td>
<td>70,891</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>2016/Q3</p>
</th>
<td>829,924</td>
<td>71,151</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2016/Q4</p>
</th>
<td>862,975</td>
<td>71,014</td>
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<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2017/Q1</p>
</th>
<td>872,347</td>
<td>70,694</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>2017/Q2</p>
</th>
<td>883,293</td>
<td>71,179</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>2017/Q3</p>
</th>
<td>850,798</td>
<td>71,551</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2017/Q4</p>
</th>
<td>886,178</td>
<td>71,506</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>2018/Q1</p>
</th>
<td>893,613</td>
<td>71,706</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2018/Q2</p>
</th>
<td>904,375</td>
<td>72,062</td>
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<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2018/Q3</p>
</th>
<td>871,109</td>
<td>72,482</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2018/Q4</p>
</th>
<td>906,124</td>
<td>72,654</td>
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<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2019/Q1</p>
</th>
<td>916,868</td>
<td>72,869</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2019/Q2</p>
</th>
<td>927,764</td>
<td>73,201</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2019/Q3</p>
</th>
<td>899,498</td>
<td>73,723</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2019/Q4</p>
</th>
<td>933,953</td>
<td>73,849</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2020/Q1</p>
</th>
<td>937,003</td>
<td>74,055</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2020/Q2</p>
</th>
<td>647,498</td>
<td>73,235</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2020/Q3</p>
</th>
<td>725,568</td>
<td>73,819</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2020/Q4</p>
</th>
<td>787,543</td>
<td>74,207</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2021/Q1</p>
</th>
<td>793,212</td>
<td>73,669</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2021/Q2</p>
</th>
<td>815,957</td>
<td>73,902</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2021/Q3</p>
</th>
<td>811,417</td>
<td>74,688</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2021/Q4</p>
</th>
<td>851,245</td>
<td>74,988</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2022/Q1</p>
</th>
<td>860,422</td>
<td>75,296</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2022/Q2</p>
</th>
<td>892,699</td>
<td>75,643</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2022/Q3</p>
</th>
<td>889,663</td>
<td>76,591</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2022/Q4</p>
</th>
<td>920,482</td>
<td>76,855</td>
</tr>
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<th scope="row">
<p>2023/Q1</p>
</th>
<td>935,675</td>
<td>77,086</td>
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<p>Note: Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter.</p>
<p>Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.</p>
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