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Oklahoma’s national ranking for suicide deaths rate in 2016, with a rate 55 percent higher than the national average.
Oklahoma women per 100,000 who were admitted to prisons in FY 2017, 91% higher than the national average
Homeownership rate for Hispanic Oklahomans in 2017, above the national average for Hispanic homeownership of 46.2%.
How much total annual payroll for all industries decreased in Oklahoma from 2015 to 2016, a 3.2% drop.
People in prison in Oklahoma for nonviolent offenses who are past their first parole date, December 2017. The Parole Board released only 325 in 2017.
Percent of females living with HIV in Oklahoma whose diagnosis was attributed to injection drug use (2014)
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Percentage of District Attorney positions in Oklahoma where only one candidate filed in the 2018 election (19 out of 27 districts).
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board
Eviction filing rate in Tulsa County, the highest of any county in Oklahoma.
Source: Eviction Lab
Opioid prescriptions per 100 people written by Oklahoma providers in 2015. The U.S. average was 70 per 100 people
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Percentage of Oklahoma households who were middle class in 2016 (earning between two-thirds and twice the state’s median income), down from 52.4% in 2000.
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts
