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Price received per bushel of soybeans in Oklahoma in 2014, down from $14.40 in 2012.
Source: USDA.
Retail prescription drugs filled at pharmacies in Oklahoma per capita in 2014.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation.
Percentage of high-cost mortgage loans (home purchase loans with a significantly higher-than-average APR) in Oklahoma in 2013. The nationwide average was 3.35%.
The percentage of adolescents ages 12-17 in Oklahoma in 2012–2013 who perceived no great risk from smoking one or more packs of cigarettes a day, versus 35% nationwide.
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Oklahoma’s ranking out of all 50 states for percentage for special education students expelled from school
Source: Oklahoma Watch.
Oklahoma’s bankruptcy rate per 1,000 people in 2013. The national average was 3.3.
Total number of retail prescription drugs filled at pharmacies in Oklahoma in 2014
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation.
Percent of households in Oklahoma that are not served by a bank or any other financial institution.
Number of physicians in Oklahoma per 100,000 people, lower than all but 5 other states.
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts.
Number of grade levels Oklahoma’s 8th grade math score expectations are behind New York, the state with the highest expectation.
Source: Hechinger Report.
