Thursday, October 1, 2015

Increase in imprisonment in Oklahoma from 2009-2014, the sixth largest increase in the nation. Imprisonment increased despite a 17 percent drop in crime rates.

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics via the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Average student debt at the for-profit DeVry University, the highest of all public and private universities in Oklahoma. Almost two-thirds of DeVry University’s students in Oklahoma are low-income.

Source: U.S. Department of Education via Oklahoma Watch

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Percentage of occupied housing units in Oklahoma built in 1939 or earlier.

Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey

Monday, September 28, 2015

Oklahoma’s per capita spending on mental health treatment, lower than all but five states.

Source: U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Friday, September 25, 2015

Families with children ages 0 to 8 where no available parent had full-time, year-round employment in Oklahoma in 2012

Source: Kids Count.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Estimated number of households in Oklahoma with no Internet access, 24.4% of all households in the state.

Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Teen (age 15-19) death rate per 100,000 in Oklahoma in 2011, the 5th-highest in the US.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

The rate of obesity in Oklahoma in 2014, sixth highest in the nation.

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via Oklahoma Watch

Monday, September 21, 2015

Percentage of Oklahomans with a disability in 2012, 8th highest among all fifty states.

Source: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Friday, September 18, 2015

Percentage of Oklahoma’s Kindergarten to 12th grade students who were enrolled in a public school in 2014.

Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey