What the records show

Where the record is deepest

An inspection record can only describe the visits that happened. As of November 5, 2026, those visits concentrate where the children are: the counties below hold the largest share of the published record — the most operations, the most visits, and the most standards evaluated.

Read this as a map of documentation, not of quality. A county with more visits has a thicker record for parents to read; it does not follow that its child care is better or worse than a county with fewer. Citation counts are shown beside the number of standards evaluated for the same reason they appear together on every operation page: a count means little without its denominator.

CountyOperationsVisitsStandards evaluatedCitations
HARRIS County2,11423,2006,819,91124,817
TARRANT County89812,2132,980,0868,230
BEXAR County74711,8742,660,7139,296
DALLAS County97511,5993,396,3357,533
COLLIN County6417,7092,118,2814,810
TRAVIS County6127,0612,122,7944,717
DENTON County4805,6201,524,1974,464
HIDALGO County4785,2921,692,0564,631
FORT BEND County4755,1051,577,3654,635
WILLIAMSON County4594,9621,495,2423,104
EL PASO County3683,5531,231,4642,129
BELL County2332,978858,9061,955
MONTGOMERY County2242,787724,3742,013
BRAZORIA County1992,447648,0432,232
CAMERON County1982,145713,6101,229
NUECES County1601,983544,5091,135
LUBBOCK County1441,913496,718696
MCLENNAN County1311,800483,7161,417
GALVESTON County1231,579398,4971,573
HAYS County1231,458398,498585
WEBB County1271,329449,7011,197
BRAZOS County1021,301367,743728
SMITH County751,282282,629529
MIDLAND County891,204328,901634
ELLIS County961,039331,295441