A new report finds that in almost half of all states, the cost for center-based child care is more than annual median rent payments.

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The report from "Child Care Aware of America" ranks Maryland as the 23rd least affordable state to raise an infant in a child care center.

It says the annual cost of having an infant is about 12 percent of a two-person family's median income. Virginia is tied for 27th on that list with Missouri at 11.6 percent of a family's median income.

For the full report, click here.