Numbers of the Day

Percentage of adults in Oklahoma who reported smoking in 2013, down from 26.1% in 2011

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Percentage of Oklahoma teachers categorized as “unqualified” because they do not have a standard teaching certification.

Source: Oklahoma State Department of Education

Number of Oklahomans killed by police officers this year, giving the state the highest per capita deaths by police in the nation.

Source: The Guardian

Percent of Oklahomans who identified as “very religious” in 2014. The national average is 40.6 percent.

Source: Gallup

Net international migration into Oklahoma from April 2010 to July 2014.

Source: U.S. Census.

Total additional increase in Oklahoma Medicaid expenditures 2015-2024 were the state to accept federal funds to expand health coverage to 150,000 low-income Oklahomans

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation.

Barrels of crude oil produced in Oklahoma in 2015, 6th highest in the nation.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration

Net population growth in Oklahoma City in 2014, an increase of 1.6%.

Source: U.S. Census via The Washington Post

Percentage of female inmates at Eddie Warrior Correctional Center who currently have a mental illness.

Source: Department of Corrections via Oklahoma Watch.

Median annual property taxes paid by Oklahomans in 2013.

Source: Pew Charitable Trusts.