Tuesday, August 20, 2013

The number of prescription drug overdose deaths in 2012, down from 807 in 2011

Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics via Altus Times

Monday, August 19, 2013

Amount of state sales, property & income taxes paid annually by undocumented immigrants in Oklahoma

Source: Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, 2010

Friday, August 16, 2013

Number of Oklahomans incarcerated in state prisons for nonviolent offenses, more than half of the total number incarcerated.

Source: Oklahoma Department of Corrections

Thursday, August 15, 2013

The projected increase in college graduates that Oklahoma needs to acheive by 2025 to keep its residents prepared for the jobs of the future

Source: CLASP

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Oklahoma’s rank among the states for prescription painkiller abuse, which now kills more residents than motor vehicle accidents

Source:  Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs via NewsOK

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Percentage of consumer credit accounts – first mortgages, student loans, credit cards, auto loans, and ‘other’ – that are delinquent in Oklahoma, on par with the national delinquency rate

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1st quarter 2013

Monday, August 5, 2013

Percentage of all those arrested in Oklahoma on marijuana possession who are African American; just 7.8 percent of the state’s population is comprised of African-American residents.

Source:  ACLU via Oklahoma Policy Institute

Friday, August 2, 2013

Oklahoma’s rank nationally for the share of households in which someone went hungry during the year because they could not afford enough food, 2011

Source: USDA

Thursday, August 1, 2013

The number of K-12 children in Oklahoma that are responsible for taking care of themselves after school, 29% of the state’s kids

Source:  After School Alliance

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Unemployment rate for Oklahomans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, compared to 5.2% state unemployment overall in 2012

Source:  Joint Economic Committee