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Percent of minimum wage earners in Oklahoma who are women.
[Source: National Women’s Law Center]
The combined state budget savings on youth detention costs in Oklahoma since 2001 – due to a 64 percent decline in state-level incarcerations of youth during that same period.
[Source: Open Justice Oklahoma]
Number of people who have received diagnostic services and treatment for breast and cervical cancer through the Oklahoma Cares program since 2005
[Source: Oklahoma Health Care Authority]
Decline in violent felonies among Oklahoma youth of all races since 1990.
[Source: Open Justice Oklahoma]
The average median household income in North Tulsa in 2018, less than half that of South Tulsa ($59,908)
[Source: City of Tulsa]
Oklahoma’s poverty rate in 2018 – slightly lower than in 2017, but still above the national rate
[Source: Census Bureau]
Percentage of Oklahoma households that reported falling behind on bill payments in the last 12 months
[Source: Prosperity Now Scorecard]
Percentage of working age women in Oklahoma with income below the poverty line in 2017
[Source: Talk Poverty]
Number of Oklahoma children living in extreme poverty (less than 50% of the federal poverty line) in 2017
[Source: KIDS COUNT]
The federal poverty line for a family of four (2 adults, 2 children) in 2018
[Source: Census Bureau]
