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The number of people on death row in Oklahoma who have been exonerated and were ultimately released because of evidence of their innocence
Source: Death Penalty Information Center
Number of Oklahomans enrolled in a government-sponsored health plan, including Medicaid, Medicare, and Tricare.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Oklahoma’s rank among the states for median speed of residential internet access, 2,941 kilobits per second
Source: Communications Workers of America, 2010
The number of private business start-ups in Oklahoma since 1998 emerging from federally funded bioscience research at the University of Oklahoma.
Source: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
The number of children in Oklahoma living in extreme poverty in 2011; only about 16% receive “welfare” through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
Source: Children’s Defense Fund
Percentage drop in state appropriations for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management since FY 2009, a more than $500,000 cut.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Average age of the principal operator of an Oklahoma farm, exactly the same as the national average in 2011
Percentage drop in the number of natural gas rigs drilling in Oklahoma over the past year (declining from 62 to 29 rigs since last April).
Average annual wage in Oklahoma, 42nd lowest in the U.S. in 2012
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
