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Percentage of Oklahoma’s roads that rate “as critical or inadequate” in terms of safety, 2013
The number of states with no income tax (out of 9) that have a higher rate of unemployment than Oklahoma
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
The proportion of Oklahoma children that participate in a local library program, FY 2009
Increase in the number of murders committed in Oklahoma from 2010 to 2011
Low-income households without public housing/rental assistance who pay more than half their income each month in gross rent, 10 percent of Oklahoma’s renters in 2011
Amount Oklahoma is slated to lose in education funds under federal ‘sequestration’ budget cuts, the cost of educating 13,000 young Oklahomans
Source: The Office of Management and Budget via The White House
Percentage of Oklahomans with a felony conviction, 2011
Source: Tulsa World via Oklahoma Policy Institute
Percentage of Oklahomans aged 50–64 who have no health insurance, compared to just 11.3 percent nationally
Source: AARP
The number of Oklahoma children living in working families earning below the poverty level, 15.3 percent of the state’s kids
Percentage of student loans that were delinquent in Oklahoma in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to 9.7 percent nationally.
