What care costs for a preschooler and for two children, county by county, and how it compares with what families here earn.
Full-time care for a 4-year-old costs about $8,356 a year in the typical county in Oklahoma, or $696 a month, 3.9% more than the $8,040 for the typical county nationally. Care for a 4-year-old and an 8-year-old comes to about $14,725 a year. The cost of care for one preschooler is 12.2% of median family income in the typical county.
The federal Department of Health and Human Services counts child care as affordable when it takes no more than 7% of family income. For one 4-year-old, none of Oklahoma's 77 counties meet that at the median family income; nationally, 259 of 3,131 counties do. In the budget EPI draws up for two parents and two children, child care is 15.5% of the total in the typical county. In 2 counties, care for one preschooler costs more than the family's housing.
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Care for a 4-year-old costs most in Canadian County ($12,149), Cleveland County ($11,611) and Wagoner County ($11,569), and least in Kiowa County ($7,706), Adair County ($7,795) and Hughes County ($7,838). Metro counties are priced at child care centers, other counties at home-based family child care.
| Adair County | $7,795 | $650 | $13,736 | 13.6% |
| Alfalfa County | $8,298 | $692 | $14,626 | 9.0% |
| Atoka County | $8,013 | $668 | $14,122 | 12.1% |
| Beaver County | $8,590 | $716 | $15,139 | 11.7% |
| Beckham County | $8,321 | $693 | $14,666 | 11.2% |
| Blaine County | $8,356 | $696 | $14,725 | 11.5% |
| Bryan County | $8,447 | $704 | $14,889 | 12.4% |
| Caddo County | $8,046 | $671 | $14,180 | 12.4% |
| Canadian County | $12,149 | $1,012 | $20,092 | 12.2% |
| Carter County | $8,593 | $716 | $15,145 | 11.4% |
| Cherokee County | $8,233 | $686 | $14,509 | 12.2% |
| Choctaw County | $7,886 | $657 | $13,899 | 12.5% |
| Cimarron County | $7,959 | $663 | $14,026 | 9.3% |
| Cleveland County | $11,611 | $968 | $19,202 | 11.9% |
| Coal County | $7,924 | $660 | $13,964 | 14.1% |
| Comanche County | $10,994 | $916 | $18,182 | 15.3% |
| Cotton County | $10,856 | $905 | $17,953 | 13.8% |
| Craig County | $8,529 | $711 | $15,032 | 14.0% |
| Creek County | $11,212 | $934 | $18,541 | 14.1% |
| Custer County | $8,116 | $676 | $14,306 | 10.5% |
| Delaware County | $8,472 | $706 | $14,932 | 12.2% |
| Dewey County | $8,520 | $710 | $15,017 | 11.9% |
| Ellis County | $8,278 | $690 | $14,590 | 11.5% |
| Garfield County | $11,204 | $934 | $18,528 | 13.6% |
| Garvin County | $8,357 | $696 | $14,730 | 11.4% |
| Grady County | $11,228 | $936 | $18,568 | 12.5% |
| Grant County | $8,343 | $695 | $14,706 | 10.3% |
| Greer County | $8,007 | $667 | $14,111 | 11.3% |
| Harmon County | $8,602 | $717 | $15,160 | 14.2% |
| Harper County | $8,378 | $698 | $14,766 | 11.6% |
| Haskell County | $8,114 | $676 | $14,300 | 13.1% |
| Hughes County | $7,838 | $653 | $13,814 | 13.6% |
| Jackson County | $8,531 | $711 | $15,035 | 10.9% |
| Jefferson County | $7,918 | $660 | $13,954 | 12.9% |
| Johnston County | $8,056 | $671 | $14,197 | 13.1% |
| Kay County | $8,295 | $691 | $14,619 | 11.9% |
| Kingfisher County | $8,766 | $731 | $15,449 | 11.1% |
| Kiowa County | $7,706 | $642 | $13,582 | 13.5% |
| Latimer County | $8,192 | $683 | $14,436 | 14.5% |
| Le Flore County | $8,237 | $686 | $14,516 | 13.2% |
| Lincoln County | $10,651 | $888 | $17,614 | 14.9% |
| Logan County | $11,315 | $943 | $18,712 | 11.7% |
| Love County | $8,404 | $700 | $14,811 | 11.5% |
| Major County | $8,030 | $669 | $14,153 | 10.1% |
| Marshall County | $8,309 | $692 | $14,644 | 13.9% |
| Mayes County | $8,412 | $701 | $14,826 | 11.9% |
| McClain County | $11,426 | $952 | $18,896 | 11.7% |
| McCurtain County | $7,901 | $658 | $13,925 | 12.3% |
| McIntosh County | $8,093 | $674 | $14,263 | 14.1% |
| Murray County | $8,488 | $707 | $14,959 | 10.9% |
| Muskogee County | $8,196 | $683 | $14,446 | 12.2% |
| Noble County | $8,088 | $674 | $14,256 | 9.5% |
| Nowata County | $8,138 | $678 | $14,342 | 12.7% |
| Okfuskee County | $7,926 | $661 | $13,969 | 13.1% |
| Oklahoma County | $11,342 | $945 | $18,757 | 13.7% |
| Okmulgee County | $10,697 | $891 | $17,690 | 15.6% |
| Osage County | $10,898 | $908 | $18,021 | 14.2% |
| Ottawa County | $8,122 | $677 | $14,315 | 13.7% |
| Pawnee County | $11,106 | $926 | $18,366 | 15.4% |
| Payne County | $8,143 | $679 | $14,354 | 11.1% |
| Pittsburg County | $8,350 | $696 | $14,716 | 11.9% |
| Pontotoc County | $8,424 | $702 | $14,848 | 10.8% |
| Pottawatomie County | $8,550 | $713 | $15,069 | 11.4% |
| Pushmataha County | $7,882 | $657 | $13,891 | 13.6% |
| Roger Mills County | $8,282 | $690 | $14,596 | 11.6% |
| Rogers County | $11,529 | $961 | $19,066 | 12.3% |
| Seminole County | $8,090 | $674 | $14,258 | 14.4% |
| Sequoyah County | $10,688 | $891 | $17,676 | 16.8% |
| Stephens County | $8,427 | $702 | $14,853 | 11.1% |
| Texas County | $8,494 | $708 | $14,971 | 11.6% |
| Tillman County | $8,067 | $672 | $14,217 | 13.2% |
| Tulsa County | $11,385 | $949 | $18,829 | 13.1% |
| Wagoner County | $11,569 | $964 | $19,132 | 12.4% |
| Washington County | $8,390 | $699 | $14,789 | 10.3% |
| Washita County | $8,196 | $683 | $14,446 | 11.4% |
| Woods County | $8,275 | $690 | $14,584 | 10.0% |
| Woodward County | $8,464 | $705 | $14,919 | 10.3% |
Click a column to sort it. The share compares care for one 4-year-old with the county's median family income. A dash means EPI publishes no income figure for that county.
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