Number of the Day

Percentage drop in the number of natural gas rigs drilling in Oklahoma over the past year (declining from 62 to 29 rigs since last April).

Source: Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

Average annual wage in Oklahoma, 42nd lowest in the U.S. in 2012

Source:  Bureau of Labor Statistics

Number of Oklahomans, 1/3rd of whom have incomes below poverty, who will lose their state-sponsored health coverage if Okla. does not comply with the Affordable Care Act

Source:  OK Policy

Projected GDP growth over 10 years if the U.S. granted immigrants legal status and a pathway to citizenship; mass deportation policies would decrease GDP by $2.6 trillion.

Source: Immigration Policy Center, 2013

The number of payday loans the average borrower takes out over 12 months, ultimately paying $574 in interest on $392 in loans.

Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 2013

Percentage of Oklahoma households with a past due mortgage, compared to 10.8 percent nationally

Source:  Federal Reserve Bank, 2012

Amount below five years ago going into Oklahoma’s state aid school funding formula; enrollment has increased by more than 30,000 students.

Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute

The number of homeless Oklahomans, 2012

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 

Percentage of jobs lost in the state’s educational services sector that were held by women – a 5,547 drop in female employment compared to 1,063 for male employment between 2009 and 2011

Source: Oklahoma Employment Security Commission 

Number of households in Oklahoma who rent, about 33 percent of the state’s households 

Source:  Center on Budget and Policy Priorities