The Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram surveyed day-care licensing programs around the country and compiled information from 28 states.The research found that of the states looked at, Maine has the third highest caseload for day-care licensing inspectors. Maine was also one of only two states reporting that no day-care licenses were revoked in 1997. Three other states did not supply information on revocations.

Day-care caseloads

	Day cares	Inspectors	Average caseload	Licenses revoked, 1997
Vermont	1,955	5	391	15
New York	18,400	50	368	5
Maine	3,200	9	356	0
New Mexico	6,861	22	312	1
California	55,446	196	283	278
Connecticut	6,711	26	260	10
Michigan	21,170	85	255	10
Massachusetts	13,255	54	245	NA
Delaware	2,240	10.6	211	5
Colorado	8,350	41	204	NA
Nebraska	4,804	25	192	9
North Carolina	8,796	51	172	19
Georgia	8,146	30	162	10
Hawaii	847	19	162	1
Pennsylvania	8,153	55	148	35
New Hampshire	1,075	8	134	1
Washington	9,675	76	127	25
Indiana	4,022	32	126	15
Wyoming	954	8	119	2
South Carolina	3,389	30	113	NA
Virginia	4,900	49	100	14
Tennessee	5,815	61	95	2
Wisconsin	4,923	52	95	11
Arkansas	3,075	35	88	8
Kansas	9,809	125	78	27
Nevada	1,033	16	65	0
Oklahoma	6,001	106	57	21
North Dakota	2,942	73	40	5

Source: Staff research