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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 9.59
The average living wage for the state of Oklahoma is $30.58/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is not extended to farm workers. This gives Oklahoma a minimum wage score of 9.65 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Oklahoma a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Oklahoma is $163.91, resulting in a UI benefit score of 19.41 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 33.33

X Oklahoma does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Oklahoma does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Oklahoma does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Oklahoma does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Oklahoma does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Oklahoma does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Oklahoma does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Oklahoma does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Oklahoma does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Oklahoma does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Oklahoma does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Oklahoma does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Oklahoma does partially extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Oklahoma does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 35

X Oklahoma does have a "right-to-work" law.
X Oklahoma does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ Oklahoma does partially protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Oklahoma does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Oklahoma does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Oklahoma does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Dewey County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 89.93% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 90.04%
Democratic: 9.07%
Libertarian: 0.51%
Other: 0.38%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 73646
Latitude : 35.834238
Longitude : -98.685138
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 1709 ft.
Area Code(s) : 580

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.22
Male Population Estimate : 54.17%
Female Population Estimate : 45.83%
Median Age : 49.0
Male Median Age : 46.0
Female Median Age : 51.0

White Population Estimate : 96.09%
Black Population Estimate : 1.04%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 1.56%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.78%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.00%
Indian Population Estimate : 3.13%
Other Population Estimate : 1.56%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Fay specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Dewey County: Data Not Available
Average # of Violent Crimes for Dewey County: About 41 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Dewey County is about 86% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.