Numbers of the Day

Percentage of total employment in Oklahoma in the agriculture sector, which still employs more people than oil and gas (3.7 percent) or any other commodity sector in 2011

Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce

The number of Oklahoma counties (all of the state’s counties) where the unemployment rate increased in May 2013; statewide the unemployment rate rose in May for the first time since July 2012

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics via OESC

Percentage increase in retail sales in Oklahoma for the 1st quarter 2013, compared to 2012

Source: Oklahoma Employment Security Commission 

Oklahoma’s rank nationally for households 50 years or older that own their homes free and clear; 45 percent of such households in the state are without a mortgage

Source: AARP

Amount in premiums paid by Oklahoma small businesses in 2011 that went to medical care, rather than insurer overhead and profits, because of the Affordable Care Act

Source: The Commonwealth Fund

Percentage of Oklahoma workers earning at or below the minimum wage, up from just 3.8 percent a decade ago

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2002 vs. 2012

Number of mortgage modifications underway in Oklahoma through the Making Homes Affordable, or ‘HAMP’ program, as of May 2012

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury

The number of Oklahoma women (per 100,000) that are currently incarcerated, nearly twice the national average (66) and more than any other state

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2011

Share of an Oklahoma family’s (median) income spent on health insurance premiums, 11th highest among the states

Source: The Commonwealth Fund, 2011

Share of Oklahoma City’s jobs that are accessible in one hour by public transit, 17th worst job access among the nation’s 100 largest cities

Source: Brookings Institution, 2011