Numbers of the Day

Percent of voting-age citizens in Oklahoma who were registered for the November 2016 election

Source: Census Bureau

Percent of the Oklahoma high school class of 2016 that dropped out, down from 9.7% for the class of 2012

Source: KidsCount

Percent of eligible voters in Oklahoma who voted in the November 2016 election.

Source: Census Bureau

Number of Oklahoma children without a vehicle at home, 2016.

Source: KIDS COUNT

Oklahoma’s imprisonment rate per 100,000 residents for drug crimes, 2nd highest in the nation (2014)

Source: Pew Trusts

Median age in McIntosh County, the oldest county in Oklahoma (2016).

Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute

Percentage decrease in initial Workers Compensation filings by injured Oklahoma workers since lawmakers overhauled the system, from 14,737 in 2012 to 7,705 in 2016.

Source: Oklahoma Workers Compensation Commission

Number of counties in Oklahoma where the 2016 population was lower than in the first Census after statehood (1910).

Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute

Amount by which the uninsured rate for opioid-related hospitalizations fell in Medicaid expansion states. In states that didn’t expand coverage, including Oklahoma, the uninsured rate for opioid-related hospitalizations fell by just 5 percent.

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Oklahoma’s ranking in a US News & World report assessment of how well states are meeting their residents’ health care needs

Source: US News & World Report