County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022
Childcare costs in Hinds County, MS
The standout signal in Hinds County, MS is sticker price: center infant care runs $7,674/yr (MID · mid-price tercile · #953 of 2,661), 20% below the U.S. average.
Data updated 2026-09-24
- $7,674
- Center Infant/yr
- N/A
- Family Infant/yr
- $48,596
- Median Income
- 15.8%
- % of Income (Infant)
The verdict
Hinds County pairs below-national-median infant care costs with a moderate income burden on families.
- Top 36%
- cheapest nationally
- Moderate
- income-burden tier
- #953
- of 2,661 priced counties
A center-based childcare affordability composite (infant, preschool, and school-age price burden relative to local median income) plus poverty rate, benchmarked against every other tracked county nationally. Not a rating of childcare quality, safety, or availability. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.
Hinds County, MS families pay $7,674/year for center-based infant care, per the U.S. Department of Labor's National Database of Childcare Prices (NDCP). This represents 15.8% of the median household income, exceeding the HHS 7% affordability threshold. Toddler care at a center costs $7,156/year.
Annual childcare costs by age in Hinds County
| Age Group | Center-Based | Family Childcare |
|---|---|---|
| Infant | $7,674 | N/A |
| Toddler | $7,156 | N/A |
| Preschool | $6,532 | N/A |
| School Age | $5,337 | N/A |
Where Hinds County ranks on infant-care cost
Center-based infant care, every U.S. county with reported prices
$7,674 Among the most affordable more affordable than 64% of 2,661 US counties
Each bar is a $2.5K-wide band; taller bars hold more US counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices · 2022
Hinds County vs. every other Mississippi county: income vs. infant-care cost
Median household income (x) vs. average center-based infant care (y) across 30 Mississippi counties with reported prices. Crosshairs at the Mississippi median.
Within Mississippi, Hinds County has higher income and higher infant-care cost than the typical Mississippi county (its national standing, below-national-median infant care costs, is a separate comparison against every U.S. county, not just its own state).
Hinds County sticker reading
The standout signal in Hinds County, MS is sticker price: center infant care runs $7,674/yr (MID · mid-price tercile · #953 of 2,661), 20% below the U.S. average.
Mid-burden tercile: Hinds County spends 15.8% of a $48,596 median on infant center care (HEAVY). Pair the MID sticker with the age-group table before treating any single cell as the household story.
For how to vet a licensed provider (inspection reports, QRIS ratings, CCDF subsidy intake), see Choosing Quality Childcare. Rate methodology: how these numbers are computed.
Historical Price Trends (2008–2022)
Here's how center-based infant care priced out from 2010 to 2022, across 13 years of NDCP survey data.
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| Year | Ctr Infant |
|---|---|
| 2008 | N/A |
| 2009 | N/A |
| 2010 | $4,486 |
| 2011 | $5,026 |
| 2012 | $5,679 |
| 2013 | $6,332 |
| 2014 | $5,991 |
| 2015 | $5,651 |
| 2016 | $5,311 |
| 2017 | $5,705 |
| 2018 | $6,099 |
| 2019 | $6,493 |
| 2020 | $6,886 |
| 2021 | $7,280 |
| 2022 | $7,674 |
Nearest infant-price counties in Mississippi
Ordered by ABS(center_infant) to Hinds County's MID NDCP sticker - not A-Z chrome.
What to do with Hinds County
Infant center care here runs 15.8% of the local median income (HEAVY), check where your own household lands.
- Hinds County spends 15.8% of median income on infant center care, above the HHS 7%-of-income affordability line. See exactly where your own household income lands. Affordability calculator
- $7,674/yr center infant sticker (MID) - see how Hinds County compares against the full national ladder. National rankings
- If care is straining the budget, federal and state programs (CCDF, Head Start) can cut it sharply. Check whether Hinds County families are likely eligible. Check subsidy eligibility
Figures are NDCP county-level survey medians for 2022 - your local providers set the actual price.