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The voter registration deadline is 25 days prior to the date of an election.
[Source: Oklahoma State Election Board]
Percentage of Oklahomans considered part of the “hard to count” Census population.
Women represent about 62% of the adult Medicaid population nationwide. A state undercount could lead to a reduction in Medicaid funding for that state, which might restrict access and benefits—disproportionately affecting women and girls with low incomes.
Amount of federal funds per Oklahoma resident received annually.
[Source: The George Washington University Institute of Public Policy]
Amount of federal dollars received by Oklahoma in FY 2016 through 55 programs that rely on Census data for distribution models.
[Source: George Washington University Institute of Public Policy]
Oklahoma’s Census self-response rate as of Aug. 20. The national average is 64.2 percent. [Source: U.S. Census Bureau]
Percentage of households with children report being behind on last month’s rent, compared with 16 percent for childless households.
[SOURCE: CBPP Analysis of Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey]
Oklahoma’s maximum annual percentage rate (APR) allowed for a $500, six-month installment loan, the nation’s second highest maximum APR for such loans behind Mississippi’s 305 percent APR. The national median APR for this loan is 38.5%.
The share of federal tax dollars that goes to Social Security, Medicare and other health insurance programs.
A recent Centers for Disease Control study showed a COVID-19 hospitalization rate for Latinx children of 16.4 per 100,000. The rate for Black children was 10.5 per 100,000, and for white children it was 2.1 per 100,000.
