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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

Seminole County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 64.23% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 72.1%
Democratic: 25.79%
Libertarian: 1.31%
Other: 0.8%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 74884
Latitude : 35.225782
Longitude : -96.541022
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 952 ft.
Area Code(s) : 405

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.51
Male Population Estimate : 48.92%
Female Population Estimate : 51.08%
Median Age : 40.9
Male Median Age : 39.6
Female Median Age : 42.4

White Population Estimate : 65.60%
Black Population Estimate : 14.19%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 2.92%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.70%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.03%
Indian Population Estimate : 25.91%
Other Population Estimate : 1.00%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Wewoka specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Seminole County: About 7 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Seminole County: About 303 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Seminole County is about 47% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 5% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.