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The number of states who are participating (or leaning towards participating) in Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act
Source: The Advisory Board Company via OK Policy Blog
Percentage of women in Oklahoma without health insurance that are currently employed, 2013
Source: National Women’s Law Center
The number of affordable homes and apartments in Oklahoma that were developed and financed under the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, enacted in 1986
Source: A.C.T.I.O.N. (A Call To Invest in Our Neighborhoods)
The number of state troopers on Oklahoma’s highways, comparable to the number of troopers in the state in 1991, 22 years ago.
Source: Durant Daily Democrat via OK Policy Blog
Number of high-tech jobs in Oklahoma, 33rd among the states in 2011
Source: Marketplace.org via Bureau of Labor Statistics
Percentage of Oklahoma’s TANF or ‘welfare’ recipients who are children, FY 2012
Source: OKDHS
Number of Oklahoma small businesses now eligible for a new health insurance tax credit under the Affordable Care Act, a federal income tax credit worth $746/year on average for each worker provided health coverage
Source: Families USA
Number of low to moderate income working Oklahomans claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on their federal return, roughly 13 percent of filers in 2012
Source: IRS
Percentage of Oklahomans who do not have a bank account at a financial institution
Source: FDIC via OK Policy Blog
Net economic value lost in Oklahoma through payday lending interest payments made by state residents
