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Percentage of households with children that lacked sufficient food in last seven days.
[Source: CBPP analysis of Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey]
11.1%
Percentage of Hispanic or Latino residents in Oklahoma, the state’s largest non-white population, according to Census categorizations
COVID-19–associated hospitalization rates were eight times higher among Hispanic than among white children from March 13 to July 25, 2020.
The number of eligible Latnix voters in Oklahoma in 2018, which is a 60% increase from 2010. Latinx voters represent about 6% of Oklahoma’s share of voters.
Share of adults who reported that their household sometimes or often did not have enough to eat
[Source: CBPP analysis of Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey]
Percentage of uninsured adults ages 18-64 who say they aren’t covered because insurance is not affordable – by far the most common reason for not having coverage. The percentage of uninsured adults who were uninsured because coverage was not affordable increased with age, from 66.8% among those aged 18–29 to 80.9% among those aged 50–64.
Percentage of Oklahoma children, or about 105,000 children, who live in high-poverty areas in the state
33.5%
The share of Oklahoma state and local taxes that comes from sales taxes, ranking our state as the 12th most dependent on sales taxes. [Tax Foundation]
Number of state, local, or tribal governments that are among Oklahoma’s top 20 largest employers. All will be at risk of laying off staff or reducing services without additional federal COVID-19 aid. [Oklahoma Department of Commerce]
By Sept. 15, at least 125,730 people in prison had tested positive for the illness, a 4 percent increase from the week before. [The Marshall Project]
