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Counties With the Cheapest Childcare in Arizona (2026)

La Paz has the lowest childcare of any county in Arizona, at $8,623, followed by Mohave and Yuma (data vintage 2022). The full ranking of the top 15 counties is below.

Data updated 2022 - Source: DOL Women's Bureau National Database of Childcare Prices

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Cheapest counties for childcare in Arizona

Top 15 of 15 counties with data.

Ranked by childcare cost (DOL Women's Bureau National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022), lowest first.

Cheapest counties for childcare in Arizona
RankCountyValue
1La Paz$8,623
2Mohave$8,623
3Yuma$8,623
4Cochise$9,091
5Graham$9,091
6Greenlee$9,091
7Santa Cruz$9,091
8Gila$9,231
9Pinal$9,231
10Apache$9,967
11Yavapai$9,967
12Coconino$9,967
13Navajo$9,967
14Pima$10,660
15Maricopa$11,960

How this ranking works

This page ranks Arizona counties by childcare cost, sorted so the cheapest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For childcare, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh childcare against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of childcare cost.

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