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Projected GDP growth over 10 years if the U.S. granted immigrants legal status and a pathway to citizenship; mass deportation policies would decrease GDP by $2.6 trillion.
Source: Immigration Policy Center, 2013
The number of payday loans the average borrower takes out over 12 months, ultimately paying $574 in interest on $392 in loans.
Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 2013
Percentage of Oklahoma households with a past due mortgage, compared to 10.8 percent nationally
Source: Federal Reserve Bank, 2012
Amount below five years ago going into Oklahoma’s state aid school funding formula; enrollment has increased by more than 30,000 students.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
The number of homeless Oklahomans, 2012
Percentage of jobs lost in the state’s educational services sector that were held by women – a 5,547 drop in female employment compared to 1,063 for male employment between 2009 and 2011
Number of households in Oklahoma who rent, about 33 percent of the state’s households
Percentage of households in communities of color in Oklahoma who don’t have access to a vehicle, compared to 4 percent for predominately white communities, 2009
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Number of Oklahomans who walk or use public transit to get to work – 81 percent of them earn less than $35,000 a year
Source: Alliance for Biking and Walking, 2009
Growth in the number of women-owned firms in Oklahoma over the last 15 years, slower than 41 other states and compared to 54.1% nationally
Source: American Express, 2012
