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