CHILDCARE It is estimated that out of 5,402 children under the age of six in Payne County, 66%, or 3,588, had all parents in the labor force. This number increased to 84% for children between six and seventeen years of age.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
The Center for American Progress estimates that 55% of Oklahomans live in a childcare desert with that number increasing to 57% for Hispanic/Latino families and 68% for rural families. A childcare desert is defined by the Center for American Progress as: Any census tract with more than 50 children under age five that contains either no childcare providers or so few options that there are more than three times as many children as licensed childcare slots. Utilizing the data from the Childcare deserts interactive dashboard, the following census tracts in Payne County are considered to be childcare deserts: Census Tract 110 (west of Stillwater) Census Tracts 102, 109, 101.02 (Stillwater city limits) Census Tract 114 & 113.02 (Cushing) Census Tract 112 (Yale)
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