Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Percentage of Oklahoma’s roads that rate “as critical or inadequate” in terms of safety, 2013

Source: American Society of Civil Engineers 

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The number of states with no income tax (out of 9) that have a higher rate of unemployment than Oklahoma

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Monday, April 1, 2013

The proportion of Oklahoma children that participate in a local library program, FY 2009

Source:  Institute of Museum and Library Services 

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Increase in the number of murders committed in Oklahoma from 2010 to 2011

Source: Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Low-income households without public housing/rental assistance who pay more than half their income each month in gross rent, 10 percent of Oklahoma’s renters in 2011

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Amount Oklahoma is slated to lose in education funds under federal ‘sequestration’ budget cuts, the cost of educating 13,000 young Oklahomans

Source: The Office of Management and Budget via The White House

Monday, March 25, 2013

Percentage of Oklahomans with a felony conviction, 2011

Source: Tulsa World via Oklahoma Policy Institute

Friday, March 22, 2013

Percentage of Oklahomans aged 50–64 who have no health insurance, compared to just 11.3 percent nationally

Source:  AARP

Thursday, March 21, 2013

The number of Oklahoma children living in working families earning below the poverty level, 15.3 percent of the state’s kids

Source: The Working Poor Families Project

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Percentage of student loans that were delinquent in Oklahoma in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to 9.7 percent nationally.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City