Numbers of the Day

Average pay increase needed for women in Oklahoma to be paid the same as comparable men.

[Status of Women in the States]

Number of people seen by mental health staff at Oklahoma County Jail with diagnosed mental health needs from May 1st of 2018 to May 1st of 2019.

[Source: Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office]

Minimum wage workers in Oklahoma who are women.

[Source: National Women’s Law Center]

Number of reported internet based crimes in Oklahoma in 2018

[Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation]

Percent decrease in licensed child care centers in Oklahoma since 2010.

[Source: Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness]

Percentage of children in Adair County who are American Indian, the most of any county in Oklahoma.

[Source: KIDS COUNT Data Center]

Percentage increase in meth related overdose deaths in Oklahoma from 2010 to 2017

[Source: Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs via The Frontier]

Number of children covered by Soonercare in 2018.

[Source: Oklahoma Health Care Authority]

Number of drug-related arrests in Oklahoma in 2017, 18.2% of all arrests made in that year.

[Source: Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs]

How much Oklahoma’s state appropriations for CareerTech have been cut over the past decade.

[Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute]