Numbers of the Day

Number of domestic abuse-related murders in Oklahoma in 2016, 22.6% of all murders in the state that year

Source: Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

Number of juveniles arrested for possession of marijuana in Oklahoma in 2016, approximately 8.7% of all juvenile arrests in Oklahoma.

Source: Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

Amount of marketing money spent by tobacco industry in Oklahoma in 2017

Source: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids 

Black infant mortality rate per 1000 live births in OK, 2013-2015.OK ranks 6th worst nationally. According to the CIA Worldfact book, developing countries with similar infant mortality rates are Saudi Arabia, Guam, Oman, and Armenia

Source: CDC

Average payday loan interest rate in Oklahoma in 2017

Source: Center for Responsible Lending

Median family income among households with children in Oklahoma in 2016

Source: Kids Count

Number of sexual discrimination complaints in the workplace made by Oklahomans from FY 2009-2016.

Source: US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Number of children age 0-17 in foster care in Oklahoma in SFY 2016

Source: KIDS Count Data Center

Percentage of Oklahoma households with adjusted gross income less than $25,000 in 2015.

Source: OK Policy analysis of IRS tax return data

OK’s infant mortality rate per 1,000 births 2013-2015, 9th worst in the nation.

Source: US Dept. of Health & Human Services