Tuesday, July 31
$3.39
The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Oklahoma, compared with $3.49 nationally
Source: AAA
Monday, July 30
216,273
Number of Oklahomans who live in ‘food deserts,’ or areas with limited access to a full-size supermarket or grocery store, 2008
Source: USDA
Friday, July 27
63.2 percent
Percentage of Oklahoma high school students who do not attend a physical education class during an average week of school, compared to 48.2 percent nationally, 2011
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Thursday, July 26
1 in 2
Unplanned pregnancies in Oklahoma occurred while partners were using contraception, 2008
Source: National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy
Wednesday, July 25
15, 228
The number of new businesses created each year in Oklahoma on average, compared to 14,847 businesses that close their doors, 2000-2010
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tuesday, July 24
277,891
Number of households with children (≤18) in Oklahoma with a mother who also works outside the home, nearly 2/3rds of all such households in the state, 2010
Source: Senate Joint Economic Committee
Monday, July 23
86 percent
Percentage of the total number of persons sent to prison for a crack cocaine offense in Oklahoma that were people of color, 2007-2011
Source: Oklahoma Department of Corrections via The Sentencing Project
Friday, July 20th
8.9 percent
The unemployment rate in Oklahoma for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, compared to 6.2 percent unemployment for the state overall during the same period, 2011
Source: Senate Joint Economic Committee
Thursday, July 19th
$306.8M
Amount deposited this fiscal year into the state’s Rainy Day Fund, surpassing an earlier record for largest deposit set before the recession.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Wednesday, July 18th
48 percent
Percentage of working-age Oklahoma adults living below the poverty line that are uninsured, 2011
Source: Current Population Survey
Tuesday, July 17th
50th
Oklahoma’s rank nationally for voter turnout in the 2010 midterm elections, 29.9 percent of the voting eligible population
Source: The Center for Voting and Democracy
Monday, July 16th
6,653
The net number of migrants moving to Oklahoma from Texas between 2009 and 2010.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau via the Texas Tribune
Friday, July 13th
$37.5 billion
Total federal spending in Oklahoma, 2010
Source: Oklahoma Economic Report
Thursday, July 12th
50.5 percent
Percentage of Oklahoma’s land area that has experienced severe, extreme, or exceptional drought since the start of the year, 2012
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Wednesday, July 11th
$914
Per-capita gambling revenues in Oklahoma, 3rd highest in the country in 2010
Source: North American Gaming Almanac via Cherokee Phoenix
Tuesday, July 10th
1st
Oklahoma’s rank nationally for the rate we incarcerate drug offenders, comprising 27 percent of the state’s prison population in 2009
Source: Oklahoma Department of Corrections via The Sentencing Project
Monday, July 9th
$7,000
Maximum a family of three can earn for an adult to be eligible for Medicaid in Oklahoma; healthy working-age adults without dependent children are ineligible for Medicaid at any income.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Friday, July 6th
820
The number of employees the Department of Corrections workforce has lost since FY 2001; they’ve added 3,000 more inmates since then.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Thursday, July 5th
$49,179,753
Amount Oklahomans on Medicare have saved on their prescription medications since 2010 from rebates and discounts enacted by the Affordable Care Act
Source: Dept. of Health and Human Services
Wednesday, July 4th
13
Number of hate groups – groups that actively attack or malign a class of people for their immutable characteristics – in Oklahoma, 2011
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center
Tuesday, July 3rd
71 percent
Percentage of uninsured adults aged 18 to 35 who were without health coverage because they couldn’t afford it, their employer didn’t offer it, or they’d been denied due to a pre-existing condition, 2011
Source: Young Invincibles
Monday, July 2nd
67
Number of Oklahoma counties, out of 77, where 2/3rds or more of the adults have not completed at least two years of education after high school, 2010
Source: U.S. Census via Lumina Foundation
Friday, June 29th
32.2 percent
Percentage drop in the 4-week average of continued claims for unemployment in Oklahoma between now and 2010.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Thursday, June 28th
$140,800,000
Amount of uncollected taxes from online transactions in Oklahoma, TY 2012
Source: Governing
Wednesday, June 27th
120, 235
Number of people with a disability in Oklahoma who receive Social Security income, 2010
Source: AARP
Tuesday, June 26th
$366 million
Amount general revenue collections through May 2012 remain below pre-downturn FY ’07 levels, or 6.8 percent
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Monday, June 25th
69.4 percent
Percentage increase in premiums for family health coverage in Oklahoma between 2000 and 2009
Source: FamiliesUSA
Friday, June 22nd
1 in 3
Oklahoma youths report having ever used marijuana, 2011
Source: Oklahoma Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Thursday, June 21st
22,769 billion
Amount in cubic feet of the proven dry natural gas reserves in Oklahoma, 4th most in the U.S., 2009
Source: Energy Information Administration
Wednesday, June 20th
3.2 percent
Percentage growth of Oklahoma’s labor force, those who are employed or unemployed and actively looking for work, since Dec. 2007; the working age population grew 6 percent during that same period.
Source: Economic Policy Institute
Tuesday, June 19th
2nd
Suicide’s rank as a cause of death among Oklahomans aged 10-24.
Source: NewsOK
Monday, June 18th
$184 million
Amount funding for common education in Oklahoma for FY 2013 falls short of FY 2009 appropriation levels.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Friday, June 15th
71 percent
Percentage of Oklahoma’s African American children who live in low-income families, compared to 62 percent nationally in 2010; a low-income family of four with two children earns below $22,050.
Source: U.S. Census via National Center for Children in Poverty
Thursday, June 14th
13th
Oklahoma’s rank among the states for per capita Iraq war deaths, 1.88 military casualties per 100,000 residents
Source: Department of Defense via Population Health Metrics
Wednesday, June 13th
2nd
Oklahoma’s rank nationally for residents’ average weekly wage growth between 2010 and 2011, 8.3 percent
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Monday, June 11th
67 percent
Percentage of bills considered by the Oklahoma Senate that passed without a single “no” vote in 2012
Source: Tulsa World
Friday, June 8th
$81.1 million
Amount of state and local taxes (sales, income, and property) paid by undocumented immigrants living in Oklahoma in 2010
Source: ITEP via Immigration Policy Center
Thursday, June 7th
55 percent
Percentage of Oklahoma’s babies and toddlers who live in low-income families, compared to 46 percent nationally, 2011
Source: Zero to Three
Wednesday, June 6th
2nd
Oklahoma’s rank nationally for the rate at which its residents die from heart disease, 2007
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuesday, June 5th
46 of 78
The number of state agencies, of those that receive appropriated funds, that were allocated the same or less for FY 2013 compared to the previous year.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Monday, June 4th
676
The average credit score in Oklahoma, 44th lowest among the states
Source: Experian via Governing
Friday, June 1st
$274 million
Amount state appropriations for FY 2013 remain below pre-downturn FY 2009 levels, or 3.8 percent
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Thursday, May 31
3rd
Oklahoma’s rank among the states for the number of major disaster declarations issued since 1953 (70), behind only California and Texas.
Source: FEMA
Wednesday, May 30
19.4 percent
Percentage of student loans in Oklahoma that were delinquent, compared to 11 percent nationally, in the 4thquarter of 2011.
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Tuesday, May 29
7
Minimum age at which an Oklahoma child can be prosecuted in criminal court as an adult
Source: National Juvenile Defender Center
Monday, May 28
63,741
Number of veterans in Oklahoma receiving monthly disability compensation, 2010
Source: Department of Veterans Affairs
Friday, May 25
40.5 percent
Percentage of vehicle crashes in Oklahoma that occurred during inclement weather, 2010
Source: Oklahoma Highway Safety Office
Thursday, May 24
1 in 3
Proportion of older Oklahomans for whom Social Security is their only source of income, 2009
Source: AARP
Wednesday, May 23
10 percent
Percentage of teens in Oklahoma that do not attend school and do not work, the national average is 8 percent, 2008
Source: The Children’s Partnership
Tuesday, May 22
40%
The percentage of the tax cut being considered in the legislature (HB 3061) that will go to the top 4% of households.
Source: Oklahoma Tax Commission
Monday, May 21
17
Number of counties in Oklahoma where 50 percent or more of the children under 5 years of age are minorities, 2010
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Friday, May 18
36.8 percent
Percentage of the population of Oklahoma that lives in a rural area, more than twice the national average of 16.9 percent.
Source: Family Caregivers Alliance
Thursday, May 17
30
Number of counties in Oklahoma where the percentage of the population that is employed is lower now than it was in 2006, including the state’s most populated counties – Tulsa and Oklahoma.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wednesday, May 16
$4.5 million
The total annual cost to the taxpayers of maintaining Oklahoma’s prison system, housing an average of 24,549 inmates a day, FY 2010
Source: Pew Center on the States
Tuesday, May 15
91 percent
Percentage of Oklahoma’s construction firms that employ fewer than twenty employees, 2009
Source: Associated General Contractors
Monday, May 14
1 in 4
Proportion of Oklahoma families that claim the Earned Income Tax Credit on their state returns, 2009
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Friday, May 11
37.2
The median age in the state of Oklahoma, 2010
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Thursday, May 10
70 percent
Percentage of Oklahomans who said an “educated and well trained workforce” is the best way to attract businesses to locate and invest in Oklahoma, compared to just 21 percent who said “low personal income tax rates”
Source: Global Strategy Group
Wednesday, May 9
34.6 percent
Percentage of employees in Oklahoma who say their workplace is hiring new people and expanding the size of their workforce, 3rd highest in the U.S.
Source: GALLUP
Tuesday, May 8
43rd
Oklahoma’s national rank for per capita state spending on mental health; we spent less than half the national average in FY 2009
Source: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Monday, May 7
56 percent
Percentage of college students in Oklahoma who graduate with outstanding student loan debt, 2010
Source: Institute for College Access and Success
Friday, May 4
2nd
Oklahoma’s rank nationally for the percentage of its residents who report engaging in no leisure-time physical activity at all, 31 percent of adults in 2010
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Thursday, May 3
480
Number of violent crimes committed in Oklahoma per 100,000 people in 2010, down from 550 violent crimes in 1990.
Source: FBI’s Uniform Crime Report via DisasterCenter.com
Wednesday, May 2
5.4 percent
Oklahoma’s unemployment rate, 8th lowest in the U.S. in March 2012, compared to 8.2 percent nationally.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tuesday, May 1
$1.27
Amount per hour less Oklahomans earn in median wages compared to the national median wage.
Source: Economic Policy Institute via Oklahoma Policy Institute
Monday, April 30
72 percent
Percentage of Oklahomans who adhere to a Protestant religion, compared to 51 percent nationally in 2007.
Source: The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Friday, April 27
19,561
Number of kids in Oklahoma living in homes with grandparent householders where grandparents are responsible for them and neither parent is present, about 2 percent of the state’s children in 2009.
Source: AARP
Thursday, April 26
1st
Oklahoma’s rank nationally for the rate at which newly hired state employees lose or leave their jobs, 2008
Source: Pew Center on the States
Wednesday, April 25
$100 million
Annual costs to the state to implement and maintain court-mandated improvements to Oklahoma’s child welfare system.
Source: NewsOK via Oklahoma Policy Institute
Tuesday, April 24
6
Number of operational crude oil refineries in Oklahoma, 7th highest refining capacity in the nation in 2010.
Source: Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Monday, April 23
4,000
Number of government jobs, both state and local, lost in Oklahoma during 2011, more job losses than any other sector of employment.
Source: Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Friday, April 20
14 percent
Percentage of Oklahoma libraries reporting that they always have sufficient computers available to meet demand, compared to 23.8 percent of libraries nationally, 2008.
Source: American Library Association
Thursday, April 19
$5.8 billion
The total annual market value of agricultural products (animals and crops) sold in Oklahoma, 2007
Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture
Wednesday, April 18
4,973 feet
Number of feet above sea level of the highest point in Oklahoma, the Black Mesa, located in the panhandle in northwestern Cimarron County.
Source: Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department
Tuesday, April 17
7.4 percent
Percentage of Oklahomans aged 25 and older with an advanced degree (beyond a bachelor’s degree), 44th fewest in the nation.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey
Monday, April 16
1st
Oklahoma’s rank nationally for the share of female residents reporting that they have been raped, physically abused, or stalked by an intimate partner in their lifetime; 697,000 women in 2010.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Friday, April 13
9.9 percent
Percentage of income paid in state and local taxes by the bottom 20 percent of earners in Oklahoma, compared to 4.8 percent for the top 1 percent of earners.
Source: ITEP via Oklahoma Policy Institute
Thursday, April 12
277,000
Number of Oklahoma residents lifted out of poverty by Social Security income, including 13,000 children.
Source: National Women’s Law Center
Wednesday, April 11
$113,804
Amount of income foregone over a lifetime by a high school dropout in Oklahoma in 2011
Source: Alliance for Excellent Education
Tuesday, April 10
$14.26
The median hourly wage for all occupations in Oklahoma, 2011
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Monday, April 9
4,924
Number of people in Oklahoma currently living with HIV/AIDS, 2009
Source: AIDS United
Friday, April 6
36,000,000
Tons of animal waste produced annually in Oklahoma, 7th in the nation in 2007
Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture via The Pollution Information Site
Thursday, April 5
32.3%
Percentage of jobs in Oklahoma that are ‘low-wage jobs (median annual pay below $21,954), 6th highest in the nation in 2010
Source: Corporation for Enterprise Development
Wednesday, April 4
$297 million
Amount the state owes to oil and gas companies for horizontal and deep well drilling tax credits accrued in 2010 and 2011.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Tuesday, April 3
48th
Oklahoma’s national rank for the first year retention rate of our colleges and universities; 28 percent of the state’s students do not enroll in a second consecutive year of higher education.
Source: CollegeMeasures.org
Monday, April 2
14.7%
Voter turnout in the 2012 primary elections in Oklahoma, 7th highest of the 35 states that have already held their primary contests
Source: United States Election Project
Friday, March 30
7,054
Number of farms in Oklahoma principally operated by Native Americans, 2nd most in the nation, 2007
Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture
Thursday, March 29
75 percent
Percentage of the state’s gross domestic product (GDP) accounted for by economic activity in the three largest metropolitan areas – Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Lawton.
Source: Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Wednesday, March 28
50th
Oklahoma’s rank nationally in the percentage of at-risk adults (aged 50 and over with a chronic disease) who have visited a doctor for a checkup in the past two years
Source: Commonwealth Fund
Tuesday, March 27
$7,100
Average annual cost of care for an infant at a daycare center in Oklahoma in 2011, 37 percent of the median income for the state’s single mothers
Source: National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
Monday, March 26
21 percent
Percentage above the national average paid in property taxes by residents of no income tax states
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Friday, March 23
26.3 percent
Percentage of marriages in Oklahoma between people of a different race or ethnicity, 2nd most in the nation, 2008-2010
Source: Oklahoma Department of Commerce
Thursday, March 22
1,714,900
Number of nonelderly Oklahoma adults who are covered under employer sponsored health insurance, a little more than half (55 percent) of nonelderly adults in the state
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
Wednesday, March 21
70 percent
Percentage increase in multi-family residential building permits issued in Oklahoma in 2011, compared to 2010
Source: Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Tuesday, March 20
2,500
Number of homeless children in Oklahoma who are under age 6
Source: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
Monday, March 19th
1 in 42
Number of Oklahoma adults under correctional control, 7th most in the nation in 2007
Source: Pew Center on the States
Friday, March 16th
$582
Average per capita property tax collections in Oklahoma, compared to $1,507 in states with no income tax, 2008
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Thursday, March 15th
71.6 percent
Percentage of jobs lost during the Great Recession that Oklahoma had recovered by 2011, 7th best among the states
Source: Oklahoma Department of Commerce
Wednesday, March 14th
8,626
Number of international students attending college in Oklahoma in 2011, a third of those come from China, India, and Saudi Arabia
Source: Institute of International Education
Tuesday, March 13th
1,197,000
Number of Oklahomans who no longer have a lifetime limit in their health insurance plans because of the Affordable Care Act
Source: Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services
Monday, March 12th
11
Number of families out of every 100 living in poverty in Oklahoma that received TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) or ‘welfare’ benefits, 2009
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Friday, March 9th
46,000
Number of Oklahoma College Savings Plan accounts that have been opened since the program’s inception in April 2000
Source: Oklahoma Economic Report
Thursday, March 8th
$2.412 billion
Amount the state collected from the personal income tax in 2011
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Wednesday, March 7th
65.4 percent
Percentage of banks in Oklahoma reporting earnings gains for 2011, compared to 41.7 percent for 2009
Source: FDIC
Tuesday, March 6th
98,000
Number of Oklahoma children living in high-poverty neighborhoods as of 2010, up 104 percent since 2000
Source: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Monday, March 5th
$56, 470
Average annual compensation in the manufacturing sector in Oklahoma, compared to $37,689 on average for other nonfarm sector employment
Source: National Association of Manufacturers
Friday, March 2nd
3rd
Oklahoma’s rank nationally for the number of adults and teens who smoke, 2010
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Thursday, March 1st
$31
The annual extra premium cost of adding a young adult to an employee’s family plan in Oklahoma.
Source: Young Invincibles
Wednesday, February 29th
6.8 percent
Growth rate of clean energy jobs between 1998 and 2007, compared to 2.4 percent growth for all jobs.
Source: Pew Center on the States
Tuesday, February 28th
$158 million
Amount of additional money requested by State Superintendent Janet Barresi to fund common education in 2013. Gov. Fallin’s budget allocates $0 additional dollars.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Monday, Februrary 27th
96, 748
The number of low-income households in Oklahoma who pay more than half of their monthly income on housing.
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Friday, February 24th
0.4 percent
Percent age of federal transportation dollars spent on infrastructure for biking and walking in Oklahoma, 2008
Source: America Bikes
Thursday, February 23rd
22 percent
Percentage of public school teachers in Oklahoma who were men in 2011, 38th least in the nation.
Source: National Education Association
Wednesday, February 22nd
8.6 billion
Amount in annual Social Security benefits paid to Oklahomans in 2009.
Source: Social Security Administration via AARP
Tuesday, February 21st
$11,600
The amount of income, for married couples, that is not taxed in Oklahoma because of the standard deduction.
Monday, Feburary 20th
2.1 percent
Percentage decline in government spending at all levels in the United States in 2011—the biggest drop since 1971.
Source: Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Friday, February 17th
70,800
Number of Oklahomans employed in construction in July 2011, up 6 percent from the previous year.
Source: Associated General Contractors
Thursday, February 16th
2018
The year by which Oklahoma is expected to have the highest obesity rate in the nation.
Source: American Public Health Association
Wednesday, February 15th
5.2
Number of children out of every 1,000 who entered the foster care system in Oklahoma in 2009, compared to 3.4 children nationally and 10th most in the country.
Source: Child Trends
Tuesday, February 14th
1,934
Number of House and Senate bills filed for the 2012 session of the 53rd Oklahoma Legislature, compared to 2,137 bills filed for the 2011 session.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Monday, February 13th
1
Number of people who die on average each day in Oklahoma from an injury inflicted by a firearm.
Source: Oklahoma State Department of Health
Friday, February 10th
$5.22
Amount of money the state saves over five years for every $1 it invests in public health prevention programs to curb obesity, inactivity, and smoking.
Source: Trust for America’s Health
Thursday, February 9th
117
Number of Oklahomans killed to date by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Source: The Washington Post
Wednesday, February 8th
3.3 percent
Percentage of births in Oklahoma attended by nurse-midwives, 1,827 babies in 2007
Source: American College of Nurse-Midwives
Tuesday, February 7th
$525.39
Average savings on Rx drugs per Oklahoma Medicare beneficiary in 2011 because of changes made by the new health care law.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Monday, February 6th
40th
Oklahoma’s national rank for state and local taxes paid as a percentage of personal income, 2009
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Friday, February 3rd
11th
Oklahoma’s rank among the states in percentage of households with no computer in their home, 27.5 percent in 2010
Source: U.S. Census Bureau via Economics and Statistics Administration
Thursday, February 2nd
6,592
Number of Oklahomans who tested for their GED in 2009; 70.1 percent received their GED, just above the average national pass rate of 69.4 percent.
Source: National Coalition for Literacy
Wednesday, February 1st
178, 020
Number of Oklahoma children under age 6 who need daily child care during the week because their primary caregiver/s participate in the labor force, 2009
Source: National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
Tuesday, January 31st
8,100
Number of manufacturing jobs added in Oklahoma from January to December of 2011, up 8.4 percent for the year.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Monday, January 30th
$136
Average tax increase on elderly Oklahoma couples with $35,000 in income under a legislative proposal to eliminate a slate of broad-based tax credits and exemptions.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Friday, January 27th
$34 million
Amount needed to repair sewer lines and make major improvements to two facilities slated for closure that house medically fragile, mentally disabled Oklahoma residents.
Source: OKDHS via NewsOK
Thursday, January 26th
11 percent
Percentage of ex-offenders released in Oklahoma who were re-incarcerated for technical violations of their probation/parole in 2004, up from 3 percent in 1999.
Source: Pew Center on the States
Wednesday, January 25th
$22,007
Annual average wage for home health aides in Oklahoma, just below the federal poverty level for a family of four in 2010, $22,050
Source: OESC
Tuesday, January 24th
8,600
Number of jobs lost in state and local government in Oklahoma over 2010.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Monday, January 23rd
$107
Average tax increase on sixty percent of Oklahoma households under a legislative proposal to eliminate a slate of broad-based tax credits and exemptions.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Friday, January 20th
40th
Oklahoma’s rank among the states in amount of state and local taxes collected as a share of personal income, 2009
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Thursday, January 19th
37.7 percent
Percentage of working-age Oklahomans with a disability who were employed in 2009
Wednesday, January 18th
3/5ths
Proportion of Oklahoma households who use natural gas as their primary energy source for home heating.
Source: OESC
Tuesday, January 17th
63.9 percent
Percentage of deliveries in Oklahoma paid for by SoonerCare (Medicaid).
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Monday, January 16th
2 in 5
Black and Latino children in the United States attend schools that are intensely segregated – 90 to 100 percent nonwhite, 2007
Friday, January 13th
342,231
Number of filers in Oklahoma who claimed the federal earned income tax credit (EITC) on returns filed in 2011.
Source: Internal Revenue Service
Thursday, January 12th
1.7 million
Metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions prevented by ENERGY STAR appliances in Oklahoma as of 2007, equivalent to the emissions of 1 million vehicles.
Source: National Association of State Energy Officials
Wednesday, January 11th
1 in 3
Oklahomans live in ‘high-poverty’ neighborhoods, census tracts in which the poverty rate is twenty percent or higher.
Source: American Community Survey 2006-2010
Tuesday, January 10th
50 percent
Amount by which oil consumption in Oklahoma exceeds the state’s production.
Source: Oklahoma Geological Survey
Monday, January 9th
13.5 percent
Percentage increase in initial unemployment claims in Oklahoma during December 2011.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor via OESC
Friday, January 6th
55,600
Number of kids on average per month in Oklahoma who had unemployed parents in 2011.
Source: Brookings Institution
Thursday, January 5th
14.4 percent
Percentage of mortgages in Oklahoma that were delinquent during the 3rd quarter of 2011, up from 13.9 percent in the 2nd quarter; Delinquent mortgages have payments past due for 30 days or more.
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Wednesday, January 4th
$57
Average markup over the fair market price on a flight through the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City – one of the ten most expensive midsize airports in America
Source: FiveThirtyEight
Tuesday, January 3rd
$2.5 billion
Expected amount of revenue that will be collected through the state’s personal income tax next year.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute