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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as of 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 18.
[Source: Johns Hopkins / USA Today]
The recommended threshold for gatherings, according to new White House guidelines intended to “flatten the curve” of COVID-19 transmission
[Source: White House]
Share of Oklahoma residents who are uninsured, the 2nd highest uninsured rate in the nation.
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau]
The number of workers in low-wage jobs (bottom 10 percent of earners) without access to paid sick leave. Even fewer workers (17 percent) have access to paid family and medical leave.
[Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute]
Amount in federal funding Oklahoma could lose per year for each person not counted in the Census. By these measures, an undercount of just 2 percent could cost the state up to $1.8 billion over a decade.
[Source: Oklahoma Senate]
Amount in federal funding Oklahoma has received through 55 federal programs guided by 2010 census data.
[Source: Oklahoma Senate]
The age group that is undercounted in the Census at a higher rate than any other age group. By estimates, young children under 5 make up 7 percent of Oklahoma’s population.
[Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute]
The number of Oklahomans that participated in the 2010 Census. As a result, the number of Oklahoma residents was undercounted, and this potentially cost Oklahoma billions of federal funding during the past decade.
[Source: Oklahoma Senate]
Amount of federal funding Oklahoma could lose over the next decade with a Census undercount of just 2%
[Source: Oklahoma Senate]
Additional funding which would be available to Oklahoma over the next decade to fund services if the state fully expanded Medicaid
