Almost 50 % of survey responses came from King and Pierce counties . While this is a large portion of the responses , data on licensed child care providers show that this aligns closely with the distribution of providers across the state . Figure 6 compares the distribution of survey responses by region with the distribution of licensed providers by region .
Figure 6 : Comparison of distribution of survey responses and licensed providers , by region
Southwest WA
Olympic Peninsula
5.5 % 6.0 %
7.4 % 7.0 %
Northwest WA
Eastern WA
Central WA
13.3 % 9.0 %
11.1 % 12.0 %
13.3 % 16.0 %
King & Pierce
49.4 % 49.0 %
0.0 % 20.0 % 40.0 % 60.0 %
80.0 % 100.0 % Percent of total licensed providers Percent of survey responses
Survey responses were also analyzed for the language in which respondents chose to complete the survey and the race / ethnicity of the respondent . However , a vast majority of respondents chose not to answer the question about their race / ethnicity . In addition , it is important to note that the race / ethnicity data and language connected with the
Table 2 : Race / Ethnicity of survey respondents
Unknown / Prefer not to say 67.02 % White 14.18 % Hispanic 7.14 % Black / African American 6.31 % Multiracial 3.33 % Asian / Pacific Islander 1.76 % American Indian / Alaskan Native 0.26 % survey captures the characteristics of only the person taking the actual survey , which may or may not match the population of the other staff of the program or of children for whom they provide care . The data in Tables 2 and 3 present the language and race / ethnicity of survey respondents but are shared with those caveats .
Table 3 : Language in which survey was taken
English 88.00 % Vietnamese 12.00 % Spanish 10.00 % Chinese 1.00 % Somali 0.71 % Amharic 0.20 % Arabic 0.20 %
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