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Number of federal civilian employees in Oklahoma, the 8th highest share of federal employment of civilians among the states in 2009
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Percentage of Oklahoma lawmakers whose full-time occupation is as a legislator, compared to 16.4 percent nationally in 2007
The year the first African American state legislator, A.C. Hamlin, was elected in Oklahoma; he was the only African American to serve in the state’s legislature until 1964.
Source: Oklahoma Historical Society
Number of manufacturing jobs created in Oklahoma in 2012
Oklahoma workers under age 25 who are underemployed (no job, can’t find but want a full-time job, or given up looking), compared to 10.7 percent of all workers in 2011
Source: Economic Policy Institute
Percentage increase in college tuition costs since 1978, 4 times the rate of inflation.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Number of non-elderly veterans in Oklahoma without health insurance, the 5th highest rate of uninsured veterans in the U.S. in 2010
Source: Urban Institute
Number of homes in foreclosure in Oklahoma as of November 2012, compared to 12,016 in 2011
Source: Realty Trac
Mothers and infants provided food, diapers and basic health care by Planned Parenthood’s West Tulsa WIC clinic last year; the clinic closed after the state terminated their contract.
