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          Employment Concentration of Childcare Workers in California

          Rank Region 2025 Employment Concentration level Location Quotient
          1 El Centro, CA Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.76
          2 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California Balance of State Above average opportunities 1.59
          3 Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.49
          4 Merced, CA Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.46
          5 Yuba City, CA Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.31
          6 North Coast Region of California Balance of State Average opportunities 1.26
          7 Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.24
          8 Visalia, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.19
          9 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.18
          10 Vallejo, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.18
          11 Chico, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.18
          12 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.04
          13 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.01
          14 Modesto, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.01
          15 Redding, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1
          16 Fresno, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.96
          17 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California Balance of State Average opportunities 0.95
          18 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.91
          19 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.9
          20 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.89
          21 California Average opportunities 0.87
          22 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.86
          23 Salinas, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.85
          24 Stockton-Lodi, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.84
          25 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.82
          26 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.8
          27 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.79
          28 Napa, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.65
          29 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.63