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The number of prescription drug overdose deaths in 2012, down from 807 in 2011
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics via Altus Times
Amount of state sales, property & income taxes paid annually by undocumented immigrants in Oklahoma
Source: Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, 2010
Number of Oklahomans incarcerated in state prisons for nonviolent offenses, more than half of the total number incarcerated.
The projected increase in college graduates that Oklahoma needs to acheive by 2025 to keep its residents prepared for the jobs of the future
Source: CLASP
Oklahoma’s rank among the states for prescription painkiller abuse, which now kills more residents than motor vehicle accidents
Source: Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs via NewsOK
Percentage of consumer credit accounts – first mortgages, student loans, credit cards, auto loans, and ‘other’ – that are delinquent in Oklahoma, on par with the national delinquency rate
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1st quarter 2013
Percentage of all those arrested in Oklahoma on marijuana possession who are African American; just 7.8 percent of the state’s population is comprised of African-American residents.
Source: ACLU via Oklahoma Policy Institute
Oklahoma’s rank nationally for the share of households in which someone went hungry during the year because they could not afford enough food, 2011
Source: USDA
The number of K-12 children in Oklahoma that are responsible for taking care of themselves after school, 29% of the state’s kids
Source: After School Alliance
Unemployment rate for Oklahomans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, compared to 5.2% state unemployment overall in 2012
Source: Joint Economic Committee
