Thursday, August 14, 2014

Average household income in Oklahoma in 2013.

Source: Urban Institute.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Percentage of Oklahomans reporting no physical activity. The national average is 22.9%.

Source: 2014 State of the State’s Health

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Total number of adult Oklahomans who received Temporary Assistance for Needy Families payments (commonly known as “welfare”) in May 2014.

Source: Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

Monday, August 11, 2014

Financial aid grant dollars per undergraduate student provided by the State of Oklahoma during the 2011-12 academic year. Oklahoma ranks 24th in the nation for state grant dollars per student.

Source: National Association of State Student Grant & Aid Programs

Friday, August 1, 2014

Occupational fatalities per 100,000 workers in Oklahoma. The national average is 4.1.

Source: 2014 State of the State’s Health.

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Number of unaccompanied child migrants who have been placed with sponsor families in Oklahoma, less than 1 percent of the 30,340 child migrants who have been placed nationwide.

Source: U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Debt held by the average Oklahoma household in 2013

Source: The Urban Institute

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Percentage of Oklahomans with “minimal fruit consumption”; the national average is 37.7%.

Source: Oklahoma State Department of Health 

Monday, July 28, 2014

Bushels of soybeans produced by Oklahoma farmers in 2013.

Source: United States Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Statistics Service.

Friday, July 25, 2014

Percentage of wage and salary workers in Oklahoma that were members of a union in 2013.

Source: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.