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Decrease in funding for state services in Oklahoma’s fiscal year 2016 budget proposal compared to this year.
Source: FY 16 Budget Agreement Summary
Percentage of renting households in Oklahoma whose total rent consumes more than half of the household’s income.
Percentage of managed honeybee colonies lost in Oklahoma from 2014 to 2015, the biggest loss in the nation.
Source: Bee Informed Partnership
The drop in enrollment at Oklahoma colleges and universities over the past year, a decrease of 5.5% between Spring 2014 and Spring 2015.
Years of potential life lost before age 75 per 100,000 population (premature death) in Oklahoma. The US median is 7,681.
Source: 2015 County Health Rankings.
Number of mine-resistant vehicles owned by Oklahoma law enforcement through a program that allows the military to transfer surplus equipment to law enforcement agencies
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts.
2014 state spending per child enrolled in pre-K in Oklahoma, down nearly 25 percent from $4,885 in 2010.
Amount of rain recorded in the last 7 days at the Minco, OK Mesonet station, the highest in the state.
Source: Oklahoma Mesonet
Ranking of Tulsa-Muskogee-Bartlesville in the American Lung Association’s list of the most ozone-polluted cities. Oklahoma City-Shawnee ranked 15th.
Source: American Lung Association via KGOU.
Number of reported violent crime offenses per 100,000 of the Oklahoma population 2010 – 2012. The US median was 199.
Source: 2015 County Health Rankings.
