Numbers of the Day

Percentage of Oklahoma households who would receive no tax cut under Governor Fallin’s tax cut plan

Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute

Percentage of children in Oklahoma under age 6 with all parents in the labor force, 2012

Source: Children’s Defense Fund 

Percentage of voting-age Oklahomans who turned out to vote in the 2012 election, compared to 58.2 percent nationally and 3rd lowest among the states

Source: United States Elections Project

Average annual earnings for servers in Oklahoma, not even half of the average annual earnings for all occupations $38,191, 2011

Source: Oklahoma Employment Security Commission 

Number of state employees working in common education in FY 2011, down 27 percent from 1,176 in FY 2002

Source: State Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Oklahoma’s rank for early childhood education enrollment; 51.6 percent of the state’s 3-4 year olds are enrolled in Head Start or pre-K, compared to 28.2 percent nationally in 2011

Source: CFED

Additional amount budgeted to the Department of Corrections by the Governor for FY 2014 – $59 million short of what the department asked for to address critical staffing shortages and overcapacity

Source: OK Policy

Number of registered vehicles in Oklahoma – close to one automobile per person in 2009

Source: National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Number of people who work for the largest private employer in Oklahoma, Wal-Mart, employing nearly 4 times as many as the state’s 2nd largest employer (Integris) in 2011

Source: Oklahoma Dept. of Commerce

Amount spent per capita annually in Oklahoma on gasoline, compared to $1,217 nationally

Source: U.S. Department of Energy