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All rights reserved.  \nThe 2025 California Early Care and Education Workforce Study was funded by the HeisingSimons Foundation, the Blue Shield of California Foundation, and Silicon Valley Community Foundation.  \nThe views presented herein are those of the authors and may not reflect the views of the report’s funders or those acknowledged for lending their expertise or providing input.  \nSuggested Citation  \nPowell, A. , Muruvi, W. , Copeman Petig, A. , & Austin, L.J. E. (2025) . State of the Early Care and Education Workforce: California Regions. Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California, Berkeley. [https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/report/state-of-ece-california-2025](https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/report/state-of-ece-california-2025)  \nAcknowledgements  \nWe are grateful to our colleague Yoonjeon Kim who contributed to the 2025 California Early Care and Education Workforce Study and related county studies. Thank you also to our research assistants, Leah Gutierrez, Kelly Loc, and Claudia Martinez. Additional thanks to Elise Crane and Angel Ramirez at the California ECE Workforce Registry for promoting survey outreach.  \nEditor: Deborah Mecham Updated January 2026  \nAbout the Data  \nThe data in these profiles were collected as part of the 2025 California Early Care and Education Workforce Study. The study was conducted by the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at the University of California, Berkeley. While most data were collected in spring 2025 , a small number of sites were surveyed in early fall  \n2025. The surveys took place online in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese. CSCCE invited all available licensed early care and education (ECE) programs serving children from birth to five in California, using contact information from Community Care Licensing and California State Preschool.  \nThe survey received outreach support from local resource and referral agencies, professional associations, and the California ECE Workforce Registry. We reached transitional kindergarten teachers through school leaders and administrators. Data are weighted using a poststratification method by program type and region. These adjustments allow us to align the study sample with the full population of sites locally. Unfortunately, our request for a list of small family child care (FCC) providers from Community Care Licensing is still under review. As a result, small FCC data at the regional and state level are not yet available. These missing estimates are marked with a hashtag. Finally, Table 12 was updated in January 2026.  \nIn this snapshot, we compare county findings to the surrounding region and California as a whole. We group counties into five regions:  \n\n| Northern Region Bay Area |  |  | Central Region | Los Angeles | Southern Region |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Alpine Amador Butte* Calaveras Colusa Del Norte El Dorado* Glenn Humboldt* Lake Lassen Mendocino\u003Cbr>Modoc | Mono\u003Cbr>Nevada\u003Cbr>Placer\u003Cbr>Plumas Shasta Sierra\u003Cbr>Siskiyou Sutter* Tehama Trinity Tuolumne Yolo Yuba* | Alameda* Contra Costa* , ** Marin\u003Cbr>Napa* San Francisco*\u003Cbr>San Mateo**\u003Cbr>Santa Clara\u003Cbr>Santa Cruz Solano\u003Cbr>Sonoma** | Fresno* Inyo Kern Kings* Madera*\u003Cbr>Mariposa Merced Monterey* Sacramento*\u003Cbr>San Benito\u003Cbr>San Joaquin\u003Cbr>San Luis Obispo* Stanislaus** Tulare | Los Angeles* , ** | Imperial Orange Riverside* San Bernardino\u003Cbr>San Diego*\u003Cbr>Santa Barbara* Ventura* , ** |\n| * Our study website includes a 2025 profile for this county. |  |  |  |  |  |\n| ** We released a detailed report using 2023 or 2024 for this county. |  |  |  |  |  |\n\nKey Terms  \nEarly care and education (ECE): By “early care and education,”we mean licensed programs that serve children under six years of age (less than 72 months) . 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