Numbers of the Day

Percentage of full-time, year-round Oklahoma workers with health insurance reporting ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’ health, versus just 58.0% for those without insurance

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, 2011

Gallons of gasoline used in Oklahoma in 2010.

Source: U.S. Office of Highway Policy Information

Percentage of Oklahomans employed in services, 2006-2010.

Source: USDA Atlas of Rural and Small Town America

Percentage of students at Stilwell’s Bell Public Schools living in poverty, the highest rate in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau via the Oklahoma Department of Commerce

Number of violent crimes that occurred in 2011 in Ardmore, the city with the highest violent crime rate in Oklahoma.

Source: FBI’s Uniform Crime Report via Oklahoma Watch

Percentage of farms in Oklahoma where the principal operator is at least 65 years old.

Source: USDA 2007 Census of Agriculture

The chance that an Oklahoma City child born in the bottom fifth of incomes would rise to the top fifth.

Source: Harvard and UC-Berkeley researchers via The New York Times

Average one-way commuting time in Lincoln County and Pawnee County, tied for the longest in Oklahoma.

Source: US Census Bureau via The Census Project

The amount FY 2013 state general revenue came in below the projection developed in February.

Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute

Percentage growth in non-labor income (dividends, interest, and rent) in Oklahoma since 1970, versus just 137 percent increase in labor earnings 

Source:  Bureau of Economic Analysis, 1970-2011