Sources: Authors' analysis using state child care licensing data and tables from American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year estimates and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. See Steven Ruggles and others, “Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, U.S. Census Data for Social, Economic, and Health Research, 2014-2018 American Community Survey: 5-year estimates” (Minneapolis: Minnesota Population Center, 2018), available at
https://usa.ipums.org/usa/; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics "Local Area Unemployment Statistics," available at
https://www.bls.gov/lau/#data (last accessed July 2020).