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Percentage of Tulsa County residents who claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit in 2012. The average amount was $2,307.
Source: Brookings.
Percentage of Oklahomans age 18-64 who receive Social Security disability assistance.
The estimated lifetime earnings of an Oklahoma City Public Schools teacher, lowest out of all 125 large districts studied in a national report.
Source: National Council on Teacher Quality via the Tulsa World.
Approximate number of Oklahoma high school students who scored high enough on the AP US History exam in 2013 to earn college credit. Multiple legislative proposals this year seek to ban the teaching of AP US History.
Source: College Board
Years Oklahoma has gone without raising its gas tax, second only to Alaska.
Number of female homicide victims and domestic violence-related deaths in Tulsa in 2014, a 26-year high.
Source: Tulsa World.
Number of bank robberies in Oklahoma in 2014, down from more than 60 in 2013
Source: The FBI, via NewsOK.
Percentage of women incarcerated in Oklahoma in 2013 who had a history of or were currently being treated for a mental disorder
Source: Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
Mean annual wage of a correctional officer in Oklahoma in 2013.
