Numbers of the Day

Federal funds that would be invested in Oklahoma for every $1 of state money spent if the state were to expand health coverage to low-income Oklahomans.

Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

How much Oklahoma’s spending on incarceration increased from 1986 to 2013, adjusted for inflation. Over that period, Oklahoma’s spending on incarceration increased 120 percent.

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Number of obstetricians and gynecologists working in Oklahoma in 2013

Source: OESC 2013 Wage Report.

The average amount of money saved, in medical expenses and lost productivity, for each suicide prevented in Oklahoma.

Source: State of the State’s Heathcare 2014.

How many fewer Oklahomans voted in this year’s governor’s race compared to 2010, a 20 percent drop in turnout.

Source: Oklahoma Election Board (2010, 2014)

Median annual wage of a substance abuse counselor in Oklahoma in 2013.

Source: OESC 2013 Wage Report.

Oklahomans who received aid purchasing food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 2013

Source: Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

Graduation success rate of Oklahoma State University men’s basketball players who enrolled in 2007, the lowest in the Big 12.

Source: NCAA

The number of Atmospheric and Space Scientists who worked in Oklahoma in 2013.

Source: Oklahoma Wage Report, 2013.

The number of Oklahomans with physical or mental disabilities who obtained gainful employment through services provided by the Department of Rehabilitation Services in 2013

Source: OKDRS