Numbers of the Day

Number of students enrolled in Oklahoma public schools in 2017, up by more than 1,000 from the previous year

Source: Oklahoma State Department of Education

Percentage of Oklahoma families with children that had income below the poverty threshold in 2016.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey

Growth in average test scores for students after 5 years of education in Tulsa Public Schools (3rd to 8th grade). This growth rate was 7th worst out of the 200 largest school districts in the U.S.

Source: Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis via New York Times

Forcible and attempted rapes reported in Oklahoma in 2016, up more than 9.5 percent from 2015

Source: The Frontier

Percentage of households in Oklahoma with limited English-speaking ability.

Source: American Community Survey

Median household income of Canadian County, Oklahoma in 2016, the highest in the state. The lowest was Choctaw County with a median income of $32,458.

Source: U.S. Census Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates

Acres of watermelons planted in Oklahoma in 2015

Source: USDA

Value of production of cattle and calves in Oklahoma in 2015

Source: USDA

Percentage of school-age children in the Idabel Public Schools district living in poverty, the highest percentage of all districts in Oklahoma.

Source: OK Policy analysis of U.S. Census data

Number of Oklahoma families receiving early learning home visiting services in 2016, down from 9,156 in 2011

Source: OK State Stat