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Tuesday, February 16, 2016
91.4%

Percentage of Oklahoma farms owned by individuals or families in 2012

Source: USDA

Monday, February 15, 2016
$31,606

Average starting teacher salary in Oklahoma in 2012-2013, which was $4,535 below the national average.

Source: National Education Association

Friday, February 12, 2016
20.3

Age-adjusted drug overdose death rate per 100,000 people in Oklahoma in 2014, 10th highest in the US

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Thursday, February 11, 2016
7.4%

Percentage of Oklahoma’s workforce that is unionized, 2015

Source: Governing analysis of US Bureau of Labor statistics

Wednesday, February 10, 2016
$45 million

Estimated sales tax revenue lost by Oklahoma state and local governments to online retail sales by Amazon in 2014 (Source)

Tuesday, February 9, 2016
9,685

Number of farmed bison in Oklahoma in 2012.

Source: USDA

Monday, February 8, 2016
145,329

Number of health insurance plans selected by Oklahomans in this year’s open enrollment on Healthcare.gov.

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Friday, February 5, 2016
78.5 years

Life expectancy at birth for women in Oklahoma, 4th lowest in the U.S.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation

Thursday, February 4, 2016
5th

Oklahoma’s ranking for beef and veal exports in the US in 2014, with $351.4 M in exports.

Source: USDA.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016
78.3%

Percentage of Oklahoma’s total land area that is farmland, 2012.

Source: USDA.