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Unemployment rate for Hispanic Oklahomans – vs. 10.3 percent nationally and 2nd lowest among the states, 2012.
The staffing levels at the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, a minimum-security prison where a staff member was taken hostage at knifepoint. The facility is authorized to employ 196 officers, but it has only 98 on staff.
Source: NewsOK
Percentage of adult members surveyed who considered themselves satisfied with SoonerCare customer services. SoonerCare is Oklahoma’s Medicaid program.
Number of Oklahomans who have selected plans on on the Affordable Care Act marketplace as of March 1, 2014
Percentage of Oklahoma high school students who meet all four ACT benchmarks (math, reading, science, English) for college readiness, compared to a 26% national average
Source: Oklahoma State Department of Education, 2013
The infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births for African-Americans in Oklahoma, more than twice the rate for white Oklahomans (6.5).
Source: Oklahoma State Department of Health, 2012
The number of structurally-deficient bridges in Oklahoma, 2012.
Source: OKStateStat
Number of Oklahoman lifted out of poverty by the Earned Income Tax Credit and the child Tax Credit.
How much a tax cut approved in the Oklahoma Senate could reduce state revenues by 2018.
Source: Oklahoma Tax Commission
Percentage of Oklahomans aged 18 or older who experienced serious mental illness in 2011-2012, the second highest rate in the nation.
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
