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.
| County | Operations | Visits | Standards evaluated | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS County | 2,114 | 23,200 | 6,819,911 | 24,817 |
| TARRANT County | 898 | 12,213 | 2,980,086 | 8,230 |
| BEXAR County | 747 | 11,874 | 2,660,713 | 9,296 |
| DALLAS County | 975 | 11,599 | 3,396,335 | 7,533 |
| COLLIN County | 641 | 7,709 | 2,118,281 | 4,810 |
| TRAVIS County | 612 | 7,061 | 2,122,794 | 4,717 |
| DENTON County | 480 | 5,620 | 1,524,197 | 4,464 |
| HIDALGO County | 478 | 5,292 | 1,692,056 | 4,631 |
| FORT BEND County | 475 | 5,105 | 1,577,365 | 4,635 |
| WILLIAMSON County | 459 | 4,962 | 1,495,242 | 3,104 |
| EL PASO County | 368 | 3,553 | 1,231,464 | 2,129 |
| BELL County | 233 | 2,978 | 858,906 | 1,955 |
| MONTGOMERY County | 224 | 2,787 | 724,374 | 2,013 |
| BRAZORIA County | 199 | 2,447 | 648,043 | 2,232 |
| CAMERON County | 198 | 2,145 | 713,610 | 1,229 |
| NUECES County | 160 | 1,983 | 544,509 | 1,135 |
| LUBBOCK County | 144 | 1,913 | 496,718 | 696 |
| MCLENNAN County | 131 | 1,800 | 483,716 | 1,417 |
| GALVESTON County | 123 | 1,579 | 398,497 | 1,573 |
| HAYS County | 123 | 1,458 | 398,498 | 585 |
| WEBB County | 127 | 1,329 | 449,701 | 1,197 |
| BRAZOS County | 102 | 1,301 | 367,743 | 728 |
| SMITH County | 75 | 1,282 | 282,629 | 529 |
| MIDLAND County | 89 | 1,204 | 328,901 | 634 |
| ELLIS County | 96 | 1,039 | 331,295 | 441 |